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ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006

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PUBLISHED BY THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

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ABOUT THIS REPORT

This Annual Report is available in PDF format on the Western Australian Museum websitewww.museum.wa.gov.au

Copies are available on request in alternate formats.

Copies are archived in the State Library of Western Australia, the National Library Canberraand in the Western Australian Museum Library located at the Collection and ResearchCentre, Welshpool.

For enquiries, comments, or more information about staff or projects mentioned in thisreport, please visit the Western Australian Museum website or contact the Museum at theaddress below. Telephone 9212 3700.

Abominable Snowman chatting with friends.This creature was a standout feature at anexhibition staged by animatronics specialistJohn Cox: How to Make a Monster: The Art andTechnology of Animatronics.

Photograph: Norm Bailey.

© Western Autralian Museum, 2006

ISSN 2204-6127

Letter of transmittal 1

Message from the Minister 2

Highlights – Western Australian Museum 2005-06 3

The year in review – Chief Executive Officer 5

MUSEUM AT A GLANCE 7

INTRODUCING THEWESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 8

REPORT ON OPERATIONS

Goal 1 People and Communities 9

Disability access and inclusion plan outcomes 22

Cultural diversity and language services outcomes 23

Young people outcomes 23

Goal 2 The Economy 24

Goal 3 The Environment 27

Waste paper recycling 30

Energy smart government policy 30

Goal 4 The Regions 31

Goal 5 Governance 34

Evaluations 35

Information statement 36

Recordkeeping plans 36

Sustainability 36

Compliance with public sector standards

and ethical codes 36

Corruption prevention 37

Public interest disclosures 37

Equal Employment Opportunity outcomes 38

COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS

Auditor’s opinion financial statements 39

Certification of financial statements 40

Notes to the financial statements 45

Certification of performance indicators 73

Key performance indicators 74

THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

The Museum Act 1969 81

Trustees 81

Western Australian Museum Foundation 82

Friends of the Western Australian Museum 83

Organisational structure 84

ATTACHMENTS

Fellows, Honorary Associates, Research Associates 85

Advisory committees 85

Volunteers 86

Staff membership of external professional committees 86

Publications list 87

Research Publications 87

Lectures and presentations 89

Sponsors, Benefactors and Granting Agencies 92

Contents

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

The past year has been one ofchange and challenge for theWestern Australian Museum as weseek to position ourselves as acontemporary organisation telling thestories about our culture, history,industry and natural sciences.

The Museum, with its collection ofmore than three million objects,occupies a unique place within oursociety with its public focus and itsstrong links to the scientific andeducation communities. It is bestplaced to tell the story of WesternAustralia at our regional andmetropolitan sites, through itscollection, exhibitions and people.

Our vision for the future is to build anational and internationallyrenowned, ‘Museum of the 21stCentury’.

Following the completing therelocation of almost three millionobjects to the new WelshpoolCollection and Research Centre,Museum staff started the equallycomplex task of moving bigcollections held in Fremantle andWilletton to the centre and to the AShed near the Maritime Museum.

The launch of the second stage ofthe hugely popular migrant WelcomeWalls was an excellent example ofthe Museum helping a sector of ourcommunity to tell their story andhave their arrival in this Statecommemorated.

The WA Museum Foundationheaded by John Poynton continuedits critically important work inencouraging public investmentthrough corporate partnerships,donations, gifts and bequests.

There will be many more challengesto come as we continue to advancethe case for a new museum forPerth and begin to plan for animprovement at our Albany Museumand additional exhibition space forthe Kalgoorlie Museum.

On behalf of the WA Museum Boardof Trustees, I would like toacknowledge the continuing supportand interest from the Minister forArts and Culture, Hon SheilaMcHale MLA.

I would like to commend the effortsof former Board of Trusteeschairman Dr Ken Michael, nowGovernor of Western Australia, aswell as those of CEO Dr Dawn Casey,whose drive and commitment isresulting in new programs andexhibitions and a focus on the bestuse of available resources across allof the Museum’s nine venues.

My thanks go to our advisorycommittees and associated bodiesfor the time and expertisecontributed towards supporting theMuseum.

Finally, I would like to express myappreciation to my fellow Trustees,Museum management, staff and ourvolunteers for their dedicated serviceand commitment to change over thepast year.

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Tim UngarChair, Board of TrusteesWestern Australian Museum

MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER

I am pleased to table in Parliamentthe 2005-06 Annual Report of theWestern Australian Museum.

It has been a busy year withsignificant achievements in keyareas that will guide theorganisation’s future with a clear setof goals and directions.

This included implementing a newstructure, including a number ofappointments to pivotal positions,and the work to provide a strategicplan, now well under way.

Another priority for the Museum wasthe extensive and complex planningprocess around the provision of anew museum for Western Australia,now also nearing completion.

The breadth and complexity of thiswork did not prevent the Museumcontinuing the core functions ofexhibitions and servicing theincreasing interest in bio-diversityand sustainability, particularly fromthe government and mining sectors.

Some of the year’s exhibition,research and scientific highlights areimpressive indeed.

The ongoing, award-winningpartnership between the WAMuseum and Woodside EnergyLimited continues to provide uniqueinformation on the DampierArchipelago, with 4,500 speciesrecorded so far.

The first year of new research intothe little known lives of theKimberley frog populations is nowcomplete, particularly pertinent inthe light of the advancing cane toad.This work has already yielded a newspecies of frog.

The collaboration between theMuseum and the Rio Tinto WAFuture Fund progresses as workcontinues on the extraordinary fossilcave that gave us the first completeskeleton of Thylacoleo, a marsupialpredator twice the size of theleopard that roamed what we nowknow as the Nullarbor some500,000 years ago. This cavecontinues to yield fascinating secretsfrom long ago.

The discovery of the cave and thesubsequent work on Thylacoleo isnow the subject of a documentary,Bone Diggers: Mystery of a LostPredator, which was released duringScience Week 2006.

I would like to acknowledge andthank the Board of Trustees andMuseum CEO Dr Dawn Casey fortheir hard work and input over theyear.

My thanks also go to the Museum’sadvisory committees, staff andvolunteers for their commitment toboth the changes taking place andin ensuring the work of the Museumcontinues to go forward in a smoothand orderly fashion.

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Hon. Sheila McHale, MLAMinister for Culture and the Arts

HIGHLIGHTS – WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 2005-06

Western Australia’s enviableenvironment and biodiversity hasbeen recognised as globallysignificant through the WAMuseum’s research activities.

Field Work

WA Museum staff this yearundertook 26 field trips identifying28 new species. This work included:

● The ongoing work of the WAMuseum-Woodside Ltdpartnership in the DampierArchipelago has identified thisregion as a marine biodiversityhotspot, both within WA and thenation. More than 4,500 specieshave been recorded and manynew species are being described.

● In partnership with Alcoa ofAustralia, new research beganinto the little-known frogs of theKimberley. The objective is tolearn more about these creatures

and to monitor the impact that thecoming cane toad invasion willhave on native frog populations.

● The Rio Tinto Ltd-WA Museumpartnership Operation Bigfoot(2005-2007) continued tohighlight extraordinary fossilanimals from remains scattered inthe Nullarbor Thylacoleo caves.These included marsupial ‘lions’and eight kangaroo species new toscience. The research on theuniqueness and importance of thisfauna has a global context and isattracting widespread attention.

Awards

The Museum’s curator of InvertebratePalaeontology, Dr Ken McNamaradelivered the prestigious MawsonLecture at the Australian GeologicalConvention in Melbourne and waspresented with the Mawson Medal, atthe Australian Academy of Sciences,Canberra.

The award recognises outstandingcontributions to earth science inAustralia. It was the first time themedal has been awarded to amuseum scientist.

Development and biodiversity

The increasing resourcedevelopment in WA has resulted inmuseum staff spending more of theirtime providing expert advice ondevelopment applications.

WA Museum zoologists work closelywith consultants gatheringinformation on the fauna of theState, to assist in planning anddevelopment processes. Theyprovided expert advice on more than50 preliminary environmental reportsand environmental impact surveys,including major resourcedevelopment projects on BarrowIsland, the Pilbara and in the GreatSouthern region.

Palaeontologist Dr Ken McNamara was awardedthe prestigious Mawson Medal for hiscontributions to earth science over a long anddistinguished career.




HIGHLIGHTS – WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 2005-06

Maritime archaeology staffconducted remote sensing anddiving surveys as part of a researchprogram on submerged maritimeheritage ahead of site works at thePort Coogee development.

The WA Museum is an internationalcentre for subterranean biodiversityconservation and promotes visits byscientists working on various aspectsof animals living in caves.

Community participation

Community participation in themuseum experience, including webvisits, is increasing. During 2005-06, the WA Museum had 262,259website visitors.

The Oberon Class submarine Ovens,based at the Maritime Museum,received its 200,000th visitor in May.

A total of 857,561 people visited WAMuseum sites in 2005-06.

The Museum provides communityaccess to its collections throughexhibitions, public programs andinformation services. During 2005-06 it received 40,635 publicenquiries about its collections andresearch work.

The Western Australian Museum,through its range of natural andcultural history collections andresearch, makes a valuablecontribution to discussion,understanding and debate aboutsustainability and future directionsfor the way we live.

Exhibitions and events

In March 2006, the Museum hostedits first major travelling exhibition inseveral years, How to Make aMonster: The Art and Technology ofAnimatronics, attracting 25,834visitors.

The successful launch and openingof the second stage of the WelcomeWalls project at the MaritimeMuseum, which attracted 8,000people to the museum precinct,resulted in 3,297 migrant familiesparticipating in this importantcommunity project.

Governance

Museum Trustees and Executivecontinued to improve managementand governance processes.

The Museum introduced a zero-basedbudgeting process during the year.

Four of the five Museum executivepositions were advertised andpermanent appointments made.

Three of the five site managerpositions were advertised and filled.New managers were appointed inthe key business areas of exhibitionand design, marketing and retail.

Visitor services staff, supervisors,assistant supervisors and staff wererecruited across all seven publicsites. Additionally, a trainingprogram was introduced to developstaff skills and further enhanceservices to all visitors to the Museum.

Key appointments were made in theareas of audience research,maritime archaeology and history.

Asset management

The State’s collections at theWelshpool Collection and ResearchCentre were consolidated throughthe relocation of the collection fromthe Blinco Street store. This projectwas supported by the Department ofCulture and the Arts.

Essential maintenance and repairswere carried out at seven Museumsites, including universal accessimprovements at the Perth site.

Exhibition maintenance wasundertaken at all Museum sites.

THE YEAR IN REVIEW – CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

While this year has been one ofmajor change for the WesternAustralian Museum, it also providedthat rarest of opportunities, thechance to do an attic-to-basementstock take of the organisation.

We have been able to look at wherethe Museum is today and what itmight look like in the future as wellas recognising its strong assets andresources. This includes theaccumulated wealth of knowledgeresiding in its staff, its collectionsacross all sites including the regionalmuseums in Geraldton, Kalgoorlieand Albany.

We live with constant change, andthe role of a contemporary Museumis to keep pace – tracking,documenting and displaying theendless fascination that is the worldaround us.

Projects either completed or initiatedover the past year will help form asound foundation on which to basethe creation of this modernMuseum. It will have an increasedcapacity to inform WesternAustralians about their history, bothearly and recent, about the State inwhich they live and its place withinthe nation and provide someinspired insights into the yearsahead.

The opportunity for this assessmentcame about partially through theequally rare opportunity to prepare abusiness case outlining thepossibility of building a newMuseum for Western Australians.

This required more than setting outwhat is needed to create such amajor public facility, it also meantensuring that, should such a projecteventuate, the Western AustralianMuseum is ready to meet thechallenge.

In tandem with the work around anew museum, an organisationalrestructure is now complete and anumber of key positions identifiedand filled. This begins the process ofcreating a strong, versatile team thatwill play a pivotal role in any futuremajor changes.

The work to move the Museum’scollections not presently on displayto the Welshpool collection andresearch centre continued throughthe year with big numbers of objectsbeing brought in from storage areassuch as those in Fremantle andWilleton. The Museum’s collectionof more than three million objects isnow held in the best conditions inthe organisation’s history.

A formal valuation for insurancepurposes has been undertaken andwe now know that the WA Museum’snine sites contain collections valuedat more than $176 million.

During the year the Museum hasundertaken a zero based budgetprocess, which provided a clear andconcise picture of the organisation’sfinancial situation. This is vital tomaking the best use of all availableresources across the Museum aswell as assessing its futurerequirements.

In addition to the restructure, abroad consultation process is underway across the organisation as partof developing the Museum’s newstrategic plan. A draft of the plan isnow complete and has beenpresented to all staff members. Thisdocument will be the Museum’sblueprint for its future directions andit is, therefore, crucial that staff begiven the opportunity to provide theirinput and ideas to such a keyprocess.

The year marked a change indirection regarding the Museum’smix of exhibitions.


The History curatorial team is welladvanced in creating a majorMuseum exhibition on cricket inWestern Australia, Howzat! WesternAustralians and Cricket, toaccompany the Ashes urn display inDecember 2006.

In terms of exhibitions over the pastyear, How to make a monster: Theart and technology of animatronicswas our biggest challenge –showcasing the work of Academyaward winner John Cox and histeam from John Cox’s CreatureWorkshop in Queensland.

The exhibition took visitors from thefirst drawings and models of afantasy creature through to its finalappearance on the silver screen. Indoing so, it also told a modern taleof the achievements of Australianscarving a name for themselves onthe world stage.

It has been a busy year for ourscientists as the role of the museumin the areas of environment,research and sustainability continuesto expand.

This can be clearly seen in theprovision of expertise and advice tothe mining sector to help ensureresources are developed and usedin a sustainable manner and in away that ensures biological diversityis preserved and habitats protected.

It has been a big year for newspecies with Museum scientistsadding new carnivorous marsupials,reptiles, a lizard, seastars and threespecies of fish from Jurien Bay tothe State’s fauna lists.

Many new species of terrestrialinvertebrates have also beenidentified, including primitiverelatives of spiders, wolf spiders,pseudoscorpions, sandgropers, molecrickets, blind beetles andmicroscopic crustaceans – all ofwhich highlight the incompleteknowledge of the terrestrialinvertebrate and subterranean faunaof WA.

I would like to thank Culture andArts Minister Sheila McHale MLA forher continued interest and supportas well as the support andcommitment to change by the WAMuseum’s Board of Trustees.

The Museum is becoming anincreasingly dynamic place to be in,and I would also like to thank theMuseum’s staff for their energy,enthusiasm and willingness to workwith changing times.

It has been an exciting andsometimes testing year and I lookforward to the next 12 monthsproviding the same mix ofachievements and challenges.

Dr Dawn Casey PSM, FAHA

Chief Executive Officer



The Museum houses more thanthree million objects. This collectionwas independently valued during theyear at $176 million. More than28,000 items were added in 2005-06 and 529 items were loaned toother institutions.

Museum staff work in the followingdepartmental areas. Each departmenthas staff with specialist, ofteninternationally regarded, expertise.

• Aquatic Zoology • History• Maritime History• Maritime Archaeology• Terrestrial Vertebrates • Terrestrial Invertebrates • Earth and Planetary Sciences • Archaeology/ Anthropolgy• Materials Conservation• Conservation Department

During the year, the staff undertook:

• 36 research projects• 55 research projects in

collaboration with partners• 26 field trips

This extensive field work andresearch by the scientists andconservation staff resulted in:

• 114 research publications• 89 unpublished reports,

conference papers, lectures andpresentations

• 10 articles in popular publications

Museum researchers also work withstaff in the areas of public programs,exhibition and design. In 2005-0610 small exhibitions were developed.

Museum staff are much sought afteras graduate and post graduatesupervisors for tertiary students. In2005-06 Museum staff supervisedtwelve tertiary students.

The Western Australian Museum hasan internationally recognised team ofconservators, who in 2005-06conserved 421 objects.

PUBLIC ACCESSAlbany

Attendance 72,494Public programs 5,000School holiday programs 2,810Schools 1,981

Exhibitions – Rites of Passage,Mitindo, Underview, Gyoto Monks,ANZANG, Kemet Dreshret; PIAFHotspots, Nurses in War, TheQuaker Journey, Mallets andCucumber Sandwiches.

Perth


Exhibitions – Wildlife Photographerof the Year, Policeman’s Eye,Underwater Photographer,Photovoice, ANZANG, It’s a Dog’sLife, Dinosaurs of Gondwana, PIAFKoorah Coolingha, How to Make aMonster: The Art and Technologyof Animatronics.

Kalgoorlie

Attendance 79,255Public programs 819School holiday programs 390Schools 1,587

Exhibitions – ANZANG, It’s a Dog’sLife: Animals in the public service.

Geraldton

Attendance 43,024Public programs 7,824School holiday programs 657Schools 2,710

Exhibitions – Geraldton CameraClub, Captured in Colour, WildlifePhotographer of the Year, Kalonga,Greenough Festival, Qfest,Positive-Negative, It’s a Dog’s Life:Animals in the public service.

Maritime Museum


Exhibitions – The Last Ship –Migrant Artist’s Story, A FrenchAustralia? Almost!, From the Coastto the Plains: An Exhibition ofCroatian Contemporary GraphicArt, FotoFreo, Captured in Colour.

Installation of the Periscope Display,Submarine Simulator Gallery.

Shipwreck Galleries


Exhibitions – FotoFreo

Fremantle History Museum

Attendance 33,060Public programs 110School holiday programs 530Schools 3,422

Exhibitions – NAIDOC Week,Russian Settlement in WesternAustralia, FotoFreo, The InvisibleDutch – Australia on the Map.

Museum at a glance

Introducing the Western Australian Museum

The Western Australian Museumopened in 1891 as a natural sciencemuseum. Through the years otheracademic disciplines have beenadded including history, anthropologyand maritime archaeology.

The legislative base for the WesternAustralian Museum derives from TheMuseum Act 1969, The MuseumRegulations Act 1973 and TheMaritime Archaeology Act 1973.Additionally, the Museumadministers, on behalf of theCommonwealth Government, theProtection of Moveable Heritage Act1986 and the Historic ShipwrecksAct 1976.

The Museum is a Body Corporatewith Perpetual Succession andCommon Seal, governed by a Boardof seven Trustees, including theChair. The Governor of WesternAustralia appoints the Trustees. TheTrustees are the accountableauthority for the purposes of TheFinancial Administration and AuditAct 1985.

The Museum presently has:

● About 220 staff.

● Eight Museum sites – Perth,Maritime Museum, ShipwreckGalleries, Fremantle HistoryMuseum, Albany, Geraldton,Kalgoorlie-Boulder and SamsonHouse.

● Collection and storage facilities atWilleton, A Shed Fremantle,Albany and Kalgoorlie and theWelshpool collection and researchcentre.

● More than three million objects inits collections.

● Commercial operations, includingseven shops and venue hire.

The Museum’s purpose is to:

● Investigate, document andshowcase the enormous wealthand diversity of WA’s natural andsocial history. This work isundertaken in order to know andvalue the past, enhance andattend to the present, andrespond to the challenges of thefuture.

● Enrich the cultural life of WesternAustralians by offering amultiplicity of authoritative viewson the State’s unique stories – itsland, history, people and role inthe region.

● Incorporate a strategic collectionand research focus withexhibitions and public programsthat are experiential, exciting andinnovative.

● Inspire discovery across diverseaudiences, by offering a forum fordebate on issues that areimportant to, and impact on,society and the community.


This boab nut was carved by early BroomeIndigenous artist Butcher Joe Nangan.

Photograph courtesy Moya Smith,WA Museum.


Report on Operations

Goal 1

PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES

The Premier of Western Australia,Hon. Alan Carpenter MLA, unveiledthe second stage of the WelcomeWalls on 27 May 2006 at theMaritime Museum. An estimated8,000 people took part in the day-long celebrations.

Registrations for stage two of theproject were strong, with a further3,297 Western Australian familiestaking the opportunity to celebratetheir migrant heritage. The walls atthe entrance of the Museum nowinclude the personal details of16,794 families.

This unique tribute to migrants alsoincludes personal family stories onthe Passages database of arrivalsand is accessible to friends andfamily around the world. Theproject has resulted inunprecedented interest by WesternAustralians in tracing their familyhistories, in turn resulting in strong

demand for the services of theHistory departments of theMuseum, State Records Office, theState Library of WA and theNational Archives.

Following the project’s ongoingsuccess and the continuing

requests for inclusion, theGovernment announced plans forstage three of the Welcome Wallsin Fremantle. A commitment wasalso given to develop a WelcomeWalls in the City of Albany.

Part of the 8,000-strong crowd looking for their names on the Welcome Walls.

Photographs on this page: Jon Green


Comparative attendance figures 2004-2005 and 2005-2006

Public School Groups Totals

Western Australian Museum – Perth

2005-2006 273,025 18,592 291,617

2004-2005 200,889 18,886 219,775

Maritime Museum Victoria Quay and Submarine

2005-2006 163,738 17,351 181,089

2004-2005 206,256 16,127 222,383

Shipwreck Galleries

2005-2006 145,716 10,970 156,686

2004-2005 156,386 10,543 166,929

Fremantle History Museum and Samson House

2005-2006 29,974 3,422 33,396

2004-2005 31,738 3,481 35,219

Western Australian Museum – Albany

2005-2006 70,513 1,981 72,494

2004-2005 82,497 2,821 85,318

Western Australian Museum – Geraldton

2005-2006 40,314 2,710 43,024

2004-2005 38,240 1,654 39,894

Western Australian Museum – Kalgoorlie/Boulder

2005-2006 77,668 1,587 79,255

2004-2005 94,046 1,220 95,266

Western Australian Museum Annual Totals

2005-2006 800,948 56,613 857,561

2004-2005 810,052 54,732 864,784


The Museum’s eight public sitescontribute significantly to enhancingthe quality of life and well being ofpeople throughout Western Australiawith exhibitions and programs.

Albany

The Western Australian MuseumAlbany has developed and deliveredan innovative range of publicprograms, drawing on seldom seenobjects from the collection, includinghistorical objects, anthropologicalartefacts and natural sciencespecimens. Strong partnerships havebeen developed with regionalcommunity events. During the yearmore than 5,000 people took part incommunity programs, and schoolholiday programs attracted more than2,000 children and their parents.

Perth

Special programs and exhibitions atthe Perth site have beeninstrumental in a significant increasein visitors. Perth International ArtsFestival organisers brought theimpressive Dinosaurs of Gondwana

to the WA Museum this year.Startlingly realistic flesh eatingallosaurs and dryosaurs roamed androared at large in the Museum andPerth Cultural Centre, delighting thecrowds and drawing strong mediaattention.

Another program that was stronglysupported was the the Children’sCulture Club (CCC), which wasinitiated and developed by Perthstaff. The CCC, a joint partnershipbetween the Western AustralianMuseum, State Library of WesternAustralia and the Art Gallery ofWestern Australia, provides linked

school holiday programs to familiesand encourages young people intothe Perth Cultural Centre.

Public programs staff worked withMuseum scientists and experts fromaround the world to deliver eightMuseum @ Work presentations. Inaddition 12 monsters movies werepresented in the Old Courthouse.

A total of 19 education programs wereoffered and presented during 2005-06, with four programs developedspecifically for the How to Make aMonster: The Art and Technology ofAnimatronics exhibition.

Perth International Arts Festival brought thewonderful ERTH dinosaurs to roam free in theMuseum and Perth Cultural Centre to thedelight of all.

Photograph: Alan Rowe.

Perth site“We come here all the time. Whenever I ask my kids what they want to do, they always want tovisit the Museum.”

School holiday program“Our thanks to all the staff at the museum for making the holidays always such good fun. Yourprograms are always creative, interesting and educational. We all enjoy them from Gran toPeron. Well done everyone!”

HOTSPOT exhibition“What a wonderfully evocative exhibition. I am blown away by the talent of our local artists andcongratulate the museum on building the bridges from community and asking questions thatinvolve us all. Thanks.”

WHAT OUR VISITORS SAID


Kalgoorlie

Staff working at the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Museum have placed 5,000images on the Museum’sphotographic database, WAMFOTO,and work will continue on a further1500 images to the database. Thisallows users to view and exportimages and provides direct publicaccess through the Museum’s website.

More than 1,100 students visited theMuseum during the year, many ofwhom were from regional WesternAustralia and staying at the campschool.

The Museum continued its initiativeto welcome students with a disability.In February, students and theircarers attended an eveningbarbecue to welcome new studentsand families to the local schoolsupport centre. This initiative beganin 2005 and has resulted in repeatvisits of students, teachers andfamilies to the Museum.

Geraldton

The Museum attracted almost50,000 visitors, an increase of 5.75per cent over the previous year. InMay, the temporary exhibition gallerywas the venue for the launch of TheBuccaneer’s Bell, by Hugh Edwards.

The ‘Wedge’ building has become asuccessful education centre andfunction venue and has been usedextensively to house the variousMuseum programs.

The Museum continues to expandits program to support senior citizensin the local community by providinga morning tea in conjunction withSenior’s Week. The Museum alsoparticipated in a Home andCommunity Care program toencourage senior citizens to takepart in education programsassociated with the travelling andtemporary exhibitions.

Regionally, the Museum took part inQ-Fest and the Mingenew Expo andalso visited Shark Bay as part of itsRegional Outreach Program.

Almost 1,700 children were involvedin an extensive program of educationactivities, a significant increase from

the previous year’s program.Telstra Country Wide sponsorededucation programs that resultedin the Museum visiting Morara,Wubin, Latham, Yalgoo, Cue,Sandstone, Shark Bay andUseless Loop Primary Schoolsas part of the Outreach

program.

Maritime Museum

Six temporary exhibitions featured atthe Maritime Museum, Victoria Quay.

The Museum also organised andparticipated in a number ofconferences and lecture seriesduring 2005-06 including:

● Middle Passages: The OceanicVoyage as Social Process – aninterdisciplinary conferencesponsored by the InternationalCentre for Convict Studies andInstitute of Advanced Studies atUWA.

● Dutch Connections: 400 Years ofAustralian-Dutch Maritime Links1606-2006 (Australia on the Map)– a joint symposium with theAustralian National MaritimeMuseum.

● Visiting Replica Tall ShipGothenborg series of seminars;Building Historic Sailing ShipReplications – shipwrights;Excavation and Conservation ofWrecked Sailing Ships – WAMConservation Department; MarineScience History from Past toPresent – WAM Aquatic ZoologyDepartment.

Fourteen lectures by visiting scholarsand WA Museum scientists wereconducted as part of the successfuland popular Batavia Lectures.

Fire in the sky: A camera tracking the path of fireball meteorites across the Nullarbor sky alsopicked up this spectacular lightning display.

Photograph courtesy Dr Phil Bland, Imperial College, London.



Highlights of the year at theMaritime Museum included:

● The farewell to Duyfken ceremony– an Australia on the Mapassociated event that wasattended by the Prime Ministersof Australia and the Netherlandsand the Gothenborg Tall Shipreplica visit to Fremantle.Associated events includedseminars, lectures, functions andthe screening of two films abouthistoric Swedish shipwrecks.

● The Captured in Colour exhibitionmemorabilia day, which providedthe opportunity for visitors to bringin war-related objects forcuratorial, conservation andhistory staff from the AustralianWar Memorial to assess.Australian War Memorial staffreceived more objects forassessment in Fremantle than inany other venue in the Australia-wide tour.

● The prestigious Local HeritageAwards presentations were alsoheld at the Maritime Museum.

The Museum regularly hostedvisiting dignitaries. Australia on theMap, marking 400 years of Dutchcontact with Australia, provided anadded incentive for the Dutch PrimeMinister, and other politicians to visitthe maritime sites.

● The King and Queen of Sweden.

● Australian Ambassador to theNetherlands.

● Dutch Prime Minister and hisdelegation.

● Dutch Minister for Education andCulture and her delegation.

● Swedish Ambassador to Australia.


Captured in colour: Australian photographerFrank Hurley's haunting picture of a LightHorseman picking anenomies in Palestine in1918 during World War One.

(Courtesy Australian War Memorial.)

Netherlands Prime Minister Dr Jan-PeterBalkenende comes face to face with theremains of one of the crew of the Dutchship, Batavia, at the Maritime Museum.With him is maritime archaeologistJeremy Green.


Shipwreck Galleries

A temporary exhibition was held atShipwrecks for FotoFreo, featuringWA shipwrecks and underwaterphotography. There were also eightpublic programs, including a seniorsrecreation program and three schoolprograms for Archaeology Week andHeritage Week.

Fremantle History Museum

Four community temporary exhibitionlaunches were held and exhibitionswere well attended, building on theMuseum’s ongoing relationships withcommunity groups. The Museumalso participated in the FremantleFestival: Treasures in the Tracks.Presentations in 2005-06 associatedwith the Russian Exhibition includedFrom Russia to Australia throughChina; Russian Dancers in Perth;Russian Voices – poems andpastries and Ana Salen migrant shipnational reunion.

All three Fremantle Museum Sitesparticipated in Fremantle HeritageWeek activities, a highlight of whichwas a series of performances byNova Ensemble musicians in theBatavia Gallery at ShipwreckGalleries and at the MaritimeMuseum.

These performances were based onDutch music written during the timeof the Duyfken voyages.


This engine belonging to one of WA’s firstcoastal steamships, SS Xantho, took Museumstaff 20 years to restore.

Photograph: Ron D’rain.

Maritime Museum Guest Book“Extremely well laid out, operated and managed” Abu Dhabi “What a great journey” Dublin “What a wonderful museum. The quality of the exhibits was exceptional” NSW “Awesome” Taiwan“Equal to our Sydney Maritime Museum” Yandeva, NSW“Bloody brilliant” Perth WA

Geraldton/Captured in Colour exhibition period“You do a wonderful job, I just enjoy my visits so much. There is nothing I can think of that could be improved.”“Please maintain and keep up your good work.”

WHAT OUR VISITORS SAID


A number of maintenance and careprojects were undertaken in 2005-06. These included:

● The completion of a 20-yearproject to conserve andreassemble the Xantho steamengine in the Shipwreck Galleries.This process was the focus of aninternational seminar in June.

● The conservation and restorationof Cook’s Endeavour cannon,carried out for the Department ofEnvironment and Conservation,NSW.

● Corrosion treatment and paintingof the northern side of thesubmarine Ovens.

Additionally, more than 28,000 itemswere added to the collection as aresult of field research activities,donations and acquisitionsincluding:

● 921 artefacts from the wrecksBatavia, Zuytdorp, Zeewijk.Vergulde Draeck, Eglinton,Elizabeth, James Matthews, NorthAmerica, Rapid, Sepia, Lancier,SS Dolphin, the Grey site, andDirk Hartog Island sites –Persévérant camp, the Uraniecamp and the Quoin Bluff militaryencampment.

● The electronic data basing ofmore than 9,000 specimens ofdragonflies, water beetles andjewel beetles by the EntomologyDepartment.

● 15,967 samples of marineinvertebrates, collected from themajor ports of Western Australia,by the National Ports SurveyProject, were placed on abiodiversity data base.

● Pests and introduced specieswere identified by WA Museumstaff and this data was madeavailable through the OZCAMportal on the world-wide web.

● A commemorative Delftware plateusing a design by Richard WalleyOA and celebrating 400 years ofDutch connection with Australia.

● More than 3,000 specimens ofminerals, including many rarespecimens and two possibly newminerals, donated to the Museumby Mr Mark Creasy.

● The donation by Mr DragoSambrailo of a life-time ofwatercraft designs built in WA. Atthe time of donation, MaritimeHistory staff documented an oralhistory of his life.

● The Seven Sisters and Wati Nyiru.This was a highly significantacquisition, representingcontemporary crafts, ancientDreaming figures, and adeveloping regional sustainableeconomy.

● An important collection, includingfinished works, models, sketchesand tools of trade associated withthe WA sculptor and artist,Edward Kohler, dating from the1930s to the early 1960s.

The Museum maintains close contactwith the community through a rangeof advisory committees.

In 2005-06 the following advisorycommittees met (details ofmembership are included as anattachment to the annual report):

• WA Museum Aboriginal AdvisoryCommittee.

• Aboriginal Cultural MaterialsCommittee.

• Albany Advisory Committee.• Kalgoorlie-Boulder Advisory

Committee.• Geraldton Advisory Committee.• Western Australian Museum

Maritime Archaeology AdvisoryCommittee.

• Fremantle Maritime MuseumAdvisory Committee.

• Western Australian MuseumAustralia Netherlands Committeeon Old Dutch Shipwrecks.

Museum staff are members of 94professional, Government andcommunity-based committees.Refer attachments.

The Museum provides communityaccess to its resources throughexhibitions, public programs, websiteand information services.

Many of the activities resulted inmedia interest generatingwidespread public interest in allaspects of the Museum’s researchand other work.


Information Services

Staff from the Collection and ContentDevelopment Directorate continued toprovide expert advice to members ofthe public, community groups andthe media on a range of issuesrelated to curatorial areas of expertise– insects, spiders, mammals, birds,minerals and meteorites, history,maritime history, maritimearchaeology, aquatic zoology,Indigenous history and culture.

Public programs

Staff gave 48 public lectures and 42conference presentations. Theyproduced 66 papers in peer-reviewed academic journals, 15popular books and articles and 43unpublished reports for industry andgovernment partners.

Media coverage involved a number ofstaff. For example, staff wereinterviewed for the Sunday Times’Wonders of WA series and the ABCTV Stateline feature on the history ofthe Xantho engine and research work

into spiders. A feature article in TheWest Australian highlighted the bookson Western Australian bird speciesproduced by the WA Museum.

Additionally, ABC radio carried aseries on life along the Swan Rivertitled Along the River Bank featuringthe work of Museum researchers.The national science magazineCosmos featured articles on theXantho engine and the famousNullarbor cave megafauna.

Staff responded to 40,635 enquiriesfrom the community, educationalinstitutions, governmentdepartments and public and privateenterprise, as well as featuring inand initiating numerous publicprograms including:

● Lunchtime talks on their work andresearch in the Museum @ Workseries, Geraldton public lectures,Batavia Lecture series andcommunity activities such asbeach walks and public seminars.

● School holiday programs.

● Leading a science tourisminitiative run by LandscopeExpeditions during September2005 – Secrets of the BlackRange – Prospecting for Wildlife2004. Twenty five people assistedscientists in research into thebiodiversity of the Lake Masonarea of the Murchison region ofWA over a 10-day period.

Exhibition development is animportant activity for curatorial andexhibition and design staff. Examplesinclude:

● Temporary exhibitions, such asWoven Forms – fibre containersfrom the Museum’s collections [atthe request of FORM –Contemporary Crafts and Design].

● Howzat! Western Australians andCricket. This exhibition will openon 10 December 2006, inassociation with the Australiantour of the Ashes urn from theMCC. This was developed duringthe year by History Departmentstaff.


Howzat! Cricket’s holy grail, the Ashes urn and the Museum’s new exhibition, Howzat! Western Australians and cricket, will be presented in Perthin December, 2006.

Photograph: Stephen Anstey, WA Museum.


● Museum staff assisting with therecently-opened Shark BayInterpretive Centre.

● The reconstruction of the SSXantho engine in the North(Xantho) gallery at Shipwrecks hasbeen a very popular ‘livingexhibit’, presenting to the publicone of the great break-throughs iniron, steel and steamshiparchaeology and conservation.

● Cockatoo Care Program –travelling display panels at PerthTourist Bureau and variousvenues around Perth.

Exhibitions

The temporary exhibition program,while smaller than in recent years,provided a lively and engagingexperience for visitors. The programincluded a National Archives ofAustralia exhibition, It’s a Dog’s Life!Animals in the public services,showcasing animals in the publicservice.

Another major program was KoorahCoolingha, the inspirational paintingsand drawings done by CarrolupSchool children in the 1940s and1950s. This was presented as partof PIAF through a collaborationbetween the WA Museum and theBerndt Museum.


The Museum and the Water Corporationare working together to preserveendangered black cockatoo species suchas this forest red-tailed black cockatoo.

Photograph courtesy Ron Johnstone,WA Museum.

A dog’s life: A team of Perth huskies was on hand to help the Museum launch the NationalArchives’ exhibition, It’s a dog’s life: Animals in the public service.


On 19 March 2006 the WesternAustralian Museum – Perthhosted its first major travellingexhibition for 2006, How to Makea Monster: The art and technologyof animatronics.

This was by far the Museum’sbiggest and most successful showfor the year. This amazingcollection of mechatroniccharacters, mostly produced forHollywood by the Queensland-based company John Cox’sCreature Workshop, featured 12metre crocodiles, werewolves,gorillas, polar bears anddinosaurs. A huge hit in particularwith the Museum’s youngeraudience, the exhibition exploredmany of the special effects behindcinema through interactivedisplays and actual creatures fromsome well-known movies.

Almost 26,000 people attendedthe four-month exhibition, ofwhich 14,500 were first timevisitors to the Museum. Themajority of respondents to thevisitor survey were aged between36 and 45 (27 per cent) or 15 oryounger (22 per cent). While theexhibition attracted people of allages, the majority of these visitorswere families and young children.

The exhibition was extremelypopular in attracting schoolgroups with 3,699 school studentsvisiting the exhibition. As part ofthe How to Make a Monsterexhibition several key partnershipswere developed. In particular, WANewspapers provided sponsorshipon a ‘dollar for dollar’ partnershipto the value of $15,000. The WestAustralian also ran three 10 x 7advertisements to promote themovie competition run by theMuseum and Buena VistaInternational (Australia),

Gatecrasher Advertising providedcreative support to the value of$10,000; Val Morgan Cinemaprovided 46 bonus screenings ofthe cinema advertisement, valuedat $115 each. Other partners wereCrayola:, Buena Vista International(Australia): City of Perth andRadio 92.9FM.

The survey results confirmed theextremely positive response toMonsters with 87 per cent ofrespondents rating the temporaryexhibition as either ‘excellent’ (54per cent) or ‘good’ (33 per cent).


A young visitor learns how to make a monster at the popular travelling exhibition.Photograph: Norm Bailey.

“It was very exciting and eerie. I keptthinking there was going to be ahuman inside the models.”

“The exhibition was really interestingfor my boys aged 10+ who are usuallyhard to please!”

“The monsters were amazing and Iliked the way we got to touch and feelthings.”

“Keep up with your fantasticeducational exhibitions as the studentsreally benefit hugely from these. WellDone!”

WHAT OURVISITORS SAID

In the 2005-06 year, the Museumexhibited some of the bestphotographic collections to be seenin Australia this year. The exhibitionsranged from the personal insights ofthe children from the Photovoiceproject, a collaboration between theMuseum and the Department forCommunity Development, to thefascinating 19th century life ofDarwin depicted in Paul Foelshe’simages in The Policeman’s Eye fromthe South Australian Museum.

Also on show were rare andstrangely beautiful colour imagesfrom the Australian War Memorial’sWorld War One collection of colourphotography, Captured in Colour anda stunning collection of photographsfrom the best of the best that is theANZANG nature wildlife competition.



Photograph: Jenni Horsnell

Photographs from the ANZANG Nature and Landscape Photographer of the Year competition.

Photograph: Steven Nowakowski

Reading up on theBroadhurst family history inthe Steamships toSuffragettes exhibition.

Photograph: Ron D’rain

The full temporary exhibitions program included:

Exhibition Duration Location

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2/7/05 - 4/9/05 Perth, GeraldtonThe Natural History Museum (UK)Policeman’s Eye 15/7/05 - 30/9/05 PerthSouth Australian MuseumUnderwater Photography 11/6/05 - 31/7/05 PerthWA Museum, photographer Patrick BakerThe Last Ship 2/7/05 - 7/8/05 MaritimeAudrey Fernandes-SatarRussian Settlement in WA 8/7/05 - 28/10/05 Fremantle HistoryCity of Perth Russian FestivalRites of Passage 24/6/05 - 14/8/05 AlbanyWA Museum – AlbanyMitindo 24/6/05 - 14/8/05 AlbanyWA Museum – PerthUnderview 2/7/05 - 12/11/05 Albany, GeraldtonPhotographer Glen CowansMonoviewPhotographer Patrick BakerPhotovoice 11/8/05 - 18/9/05 PerthWA Museum; Department for Community DevelopmentFremantle Port Photos 12/8/05 - 15/9/05 MaritimeAlan Pearse, Fremantle PortsGyuto Monks 21/8/05 - 3/9/05 AlbanyThe Gyuto Monks, AlbanyANZANG 15/9/05 - 23/7/06 Perth, Albany, Kalgoorlie, GeraldtonANZANG Nature and LandscapePhotographer of the Year CompetitionA French Australia? Almost! 23/9/05 - 6/11/05 MaritimeArtist Kevan Collett and UWA French studies researchfellow Noelene BloomfieldGeraldton Camera Club 24/9/05 - 9/10/05 GeraldtonGeraldton Camera Club; Geraldton MuseumIt’s A Dog’s Life 5/11/05 - 23/5/06 Perth, Geraldton, KalgoorlieNational Archives of AustraliaCroation Contemporary Art 11/11/05 - 8/1/06 MaritimeCroation ConsulateDinosaurs of Gondwana 15/2/06 - 19/2/06 PerthERTH; Perth International Arts FestivalPIAF Hotspots 11/2/06 - 31/3/06 AlbanyPerth International Arts FestivalPIAF Koorah CoolinghaPerth International Arts Festival,Picker Art Gallery Colgate University, New YorkBerndt Museum of Anthropology, University of Western Australia 27/2/06 - 10/3/06 PerthHow to Make A Monster 19/3/06 - 12/6/06 PerthJohn Cox’s Creature WorkshopFotoFreo 24/3/06 - 24/4/06 Maritime, Fremantle HistoryFotoFreo Photography Festival Captured in Colour 25/5/06 - 2/7/06 Maritime, GeraldtonAustralian War MemorialDutch in WA 22/5/06 - 30/9/06 Fremantle HistoryAustralia on the MapState Commemorative Committee, Curtin UniversityNonja Peters



Marketing

The key marketing objectives for2005-06 were to effectively promotethe Western Australian Museum’ssites and engage the communitywith successful exhibitions,programs and events. Theseobjectives were monitored andachieved through visitor numbers,yield per visitor to the Museum andaudience research results.

During the reporting period, themarketing department broadened itsresponsibilities to include theprovision of strategic marketingdirection and services to all WesternAustralian Museum sites.

Documentary Unit

WAMdoc produces domestic andinternational documentary contentassociated with the WA Museumstrategic aims.

The productions showcase the workof museum researchers to thebroader community. For example,Rose’s Journey features work beingundertaken by the Museum’s marinearchaeologists on the 19th centuryvoyage of the French corvette,Uranie.

During the past five years, WAMdochas completed five full-lengthdocumentaries, including 1.5 hoursof foreign language production forNHK Japan – traditionally a difficultmarket. All programs have beenbroadcast, with an audience reachcovering 15 countries and about 50million viewers.

The unit is now concentrating on aseries of productions detailing theNullarbor megafauna discoveries.This work includes Operation Leo, a30-minute documentary for theABC’s Catalyst program and BoneDiggers, Mystery of a lost Predator,an hour long documentary destinedfor international audiences. This isthe culmination of three year’s work,supported by Rio Tinto WA FutureFund.


Half a million years ago a youngThylacoleo fell down a hole in theNullarbor. Today, its bones are helpingscientists understand more about theenvironment and fauna of that time.

Graphic: WA Museum.

The Museum provides leadership tocommunity museums across the State

Through its Museum AssistanceProgram (MAP) the Museumprovides leadership to communitymuseums throughout WA. The MAPassists in building the capacity ofcommunities and organisations,including the Indian OceanTerritories, to better care for, andmake more accessible, the elementsof Australia’s movable heritage thatthey hold.

An example is MAP working with theJuluwarlu Aboriginal Corporation todevelop museum planningprocesses. A series of communityplanning days led to agreementsand strategic outcomes fordeveloping the Gnarluma andYindjibarndi Centre in Roebourne.

MAP staff combined with theKimberley Aboriginal Law andCultural Centre (KALACC) to developmodels for cultural stores. Anotherpartnering project with BHP BilitonIron Ore, Pilbara Iron, theDepartment of Indigenous Affairsand other organisations resulted indefinition of the requirements ofcultural stores, archaeologicalrepositories and cultural centrescatering for wide sectors of thecommunity. The project includedrecommendations on processes tobe followed, issues with preservationof material in challengingenvironments and options fordifferent types of cultural storageneeds and regional archaeologicalrepositories.

Museum staff participated on anumber of advisory committees,providing support and advice toother museums and collectionsincluding:

● State Rail Heritage SteeringCommittee, an advisory body tothe Midland RedevelopmentAuthority formed in 2006 toprogress the development of aState Rail Heritage Centre at theformer Midland RailwayWorkshops.

● Ongoing teaching partnership withEdith Cowan University (ECU)Museum of Childhood to presentmodules of the Certificate inMuseum Studies.

● Ongoing work with ECU regardingthe Museum of Childhood, whichis acknowledged as having themost significant collection ofmaterial reflecting the history ofchildhood in Australia;

● Work with Telstra and other statemuseums to address the future ofthe Telstra History Collection, inparticular the part of the collectionrelating to the history oftelecommunications in WA.

Disability Access and Inclusion Planoutcomes

The Western Australian Museum’sDisability Service Plan was revised in2004-05 with the assistance of theDisability Services Commission. TheMuseum is committed to ensuringthat people with disabilities, theirfamilies and carers have the sameopportunities as other people toaccess the Museum’s services. ADisability Access and Inclusion Planwill be prepared in 2006-07.

The Museum’s current initiativesaddress the following goals of theDAIP:

People with disabilities have thesame opportunities as other peopleto access the services of, and eventsorganised by, a public authority.

Examples of compliance include:

● Guided tours are provided inprinted format for people withhearing impairments;

● Sensory activities are provided forchildren with intellectual disabilityor sight impairment. Forexample, the Perth site had aplasticine facial reconstructionover the model of the dinosaur’shead during the monstersexhibition. These activities arepopular particularly with peoplewith intellectual disabilities as theyprovide straightforward, motororientated, physical and visualengagement and plenty of handson activity and texture.



People with disabilities have thesame opportunities as other peopleto access the buildings and otherfacilities of a public authority.

● The Western Australian Museumcontinues to monitor barriers toaccess and as a result in 2005-06the three universal toilets inHackett Hall, Perth site wererenovated to accommodate largewheel chairs.

People with disabilities receiveinformation from a public authorityin a format that will enable them toaccess the information as readily asother people are able to access it.

● Copies of Museum informationincluding public brochures andinformation sheets are availableon request in alternate formats.

● Auslan interpreters can bearranged for tour groups with priornotice.

People with disabilities receive thesame level and quality of servicefrom the staff of a public authority asother people receive from the staff ofthat public authority

● All staff induction includestraining in awareness andunderstanding of the needs ofpeople with disabilities.

● Additionally, the Museum,conducted two disabilityawareness training sessions for 18staff in May this year.

People with disabilities have thesame opportunities as other peopleto make complaints to a publicauthority and people with disabilities

have the same opportunities as otherpeople to participate in any publicconsultation by a public authority.

● The Western Australian Museumprovides the same opportunities toall people to participate – publicforums are held only in accessiblevenues and in alternate formsupon request and an Auslaninterpreter is available with priornotice.

Cultural diversity and languageservices outcomes

● Auslan interpreters wereemployed for the Welcome Wallslaunch and for a tour booking bythe WA Deaf Society for 20 peopleat Shipwreck Galleries.

● Curatorial staff in MaritimeArchaeology engaged the servicesof a translator to interpret the SaintAloüarn book. The translation ofthe French language version allowsfor interpretation of the 1772annexation of WA by the French.

Outcomes for young people

The Perth site – How to Make aMonster schools program, The Riseof the Machines was aimed atschool students between the ages of12 and 17. Students toured theexhibition, explored the iconicimages of robots through history andcinema and then designed their ownrobots. They used materials providedby the Museum to construct theirown robotic designs and bring themto life. A total of 21 school groupstook part in this program.

In 2006 the Museum Perth sitedeveloped a new schools programfor high school students calledDreaming Our Future, focusing onAboriginal culture and social issuesin Western Australia – 111 youngpeople took part.

In May and August 2005, Museumeducation staff were involved in theScience for School Students, ScienceFair – a program designed toencourage engagement in science bysecondary school students. The SSSScience Fair is organised by the Officeof Science, Technology andInnovation. Two hundred and fiftystudents were involved in Museumactivities at the fairs.

Also in August, more than 100secondary students and teachersfrom metropolitan and regionalschools participated in a full dayNational Museum workshop at theMaritime Museum to explore atwentieth century Australian ‘historymystery’. Students investigated thebombing of Darwin to form aconclusion about whether or not theAustralian Government was justifiedin not informing the public aboutwhat was happening.

In October, Year 9 students fromSouth Fremantle High Schoolmentored 220 Year 6 and 7 studentsfrom local primary schoolsparticipating in the Don’t Rock theBoat program at the MaritimeMuseum. This program involvedstudents constructing and modifyingmodel sailing ships to learn aboutbuoyancy, ballast and balance.


To develop a strong economy thatdelivers more jobs, moreopportunities and greater wealth toWestern Australians by creating theconditions required for investmentand growth.

The Museum’s team of specialisedscientists provide objective,authoritative information and adviceto Government and the privatesector on the impacts of mining andother development on biodiverseand culturally significant areas.



Goal 2

THE ECONOMY

The resource development boom in

Western Australia poses a number of

challenges for the industry and for

environmental managers. One

significant challenge was the

discovery of fauna trapped within

underground cavities in several

different land types in Western

Australia, especially in the Pilbara

and Yilgarn. These animals,

consisting mostly of insects,

crustaceans and spiders and their

relatives, have survived for millions of

years, slowly evolving into different

species. They have descended from

ancestors that roamed the earth

during the age of the dinosaurs, and

apart from a few small differences in

morphology, are nearly identical to

their Cretaceous ancestors.

In one particular case, research by

Western Australian Museum Senior

Curator Dr Mark Harvey – largely

funded by grants from Rio Tinto and

Chevron Corporation – has revealed

a plethora of small arachnids –

spiders and their relatives – living in

subterranean cavities in the Pilbara.

Some species have been found to

possess unique morphological

structures as well as distinct DNA,

confirming their distinctiveness from

each other.

The expert advice supplied by

researchers from the Western

Australian Museum and other

institutions is being used by

resource companies and

government regulatory authorities to

assess the level and extent of

proposed developments, placing the

Museum at the forefront of

sustainability in Western Australia.

Animals such as this new species ofpseudoscorpion have been found living inunderground environments in arid WesternAustralia. These creatures are relics from atime when the region was covered byrainforests many millions of years ago.

Photograph courtesy Dr Mark Harvey,WA Museum.

THE ECONOMY

WA Museum staff work closely withproponents, consultants and theDepartment of EnvironmentalProtection, to assist in planning anddevelopment processes.

They provide relevant advice andinformation on the fauna of the Stateand on culturally significant areas,and assess the potential impacts ofdevelopment on them in proposedareas. Regular discussions are heldwith environmental consultants whoare obliged to contact the WAMuseum prior to conductingenvironmental surveys of majorresource and public developments.Reviews of ERMPs and EIs areundertaken on request from theEnvironmental Protection Authority orthe Department of the Environmentwhen specialist evaluation of faunalimpacts is required.

● A WA Museum study to evaluatethe status of the nationally listed‘Threatened Species’, Dasyurushallucatus, in areas of the RobeRiver Valley prior to the proposedmining of iron ore from specificmesas in the valley, concludedthat determining environmentalimpacts on Quoll populations isdifficult and requires multi-yearfield studies across a variety ofhabitats and areas.

● Museum research on thebiodiversity on the KimberleyIslands is providing advice on thestatus, conservation andmanagement of isolated taxa,leading towards the developmentof effective conservation strategiessuch as the genetic identity ofisland forms.

● In partnership with theDepartment of the Environmentand the Rottnest Island Authority,WA Museum staff members areevaluating the ground fauna ofRottnest Island for managementand conservation purposes.

● Maritime Archaeology staffconducted a remote sensingsurvey to determine if any culturalmaterial relating to the Bataviamutiny and survivors was locatedin a proposed tourismdevelopment on Long Islandadjacent to Beacon Island,Abrolhos Islands.

The Museum has developed awardwinning cultural tourism destinationsin both metropolitan and regionalareas and its sites continue to berecognised as one of WesternAustralia’s key tourism attractions.

In 2005, the Maritime Museumreceived the prestigious 2005Tourism Award for Heritage andCultural Tourism and was runner upin the category for Significant TouristAttraction at the Western AustralianTourism Awards.

In line with contemporary museumpractice the museum will investigatecommercial opportunities in allaspects of its business.

Retail

The Western Australian Museumoperates shops across seven sites –Perth, Fremantle History Museum,Maritime Museum, ShipwreckGalleries, Kalgoorlie, Geraldton andAlbany.

Retail sales and operations weredown on last year by five per cent,with a slight decline in visitornumbers. Sales were down one percent on budget.

The Perth and Geraldton shopsperformed well with Perth up sevenper cent on last year and Geraldtonup by 20 per cent. Albany shop wasdown in sales by just under 33 percent due to the high success of theprevious year’s exhibition, TibetanMonks. The Maritime Museum hada decline in visitors of 22 per cent,which reflected in sales from theshop being down 16 per cent on lastyear.

Key initiatives included thelaunching of satellite shops withmajor exhibitions and events,notably How to Make a Monsterexhibition and the Welcome Wallsstage two launch.

A comprehensive five-year retail andmerchandise strategy for theWestern Australian Museum is dueto be completed in the first quarterof 2006-07.

Functions and Venue Hire

The popularity of corporate andsocial functions continued duringthe year with hirers taking advantageof the Museum’s unique spaces.More than 22,650 peopled attendedfunctions at the Western AustralianMuseum sites.

The Western Australian MaritimeMuseum in particular hosted morethan 250 catered events includingcorporate dinners, conferences,product launches and weddings.


The Functions and Venue HireDepartment almost doubled itsrevenue with a 48 per cent increaseto $269,105 for 2005-06 comparedto the previous year. Net profit alsosignificantly increased with results228 per cent up on budget for theyear.

Café Services

A new contractor was appointed in2005-06 to operate the café serviceat the Western Australian Museum –Perth site. A new level ofentrepreneurship has beendeveloped in collaboration with theoperator, and new product linesdeveloped that link to the Museum’sexhibitions and programs.

A new contractor was also appointedto operate a café service at theMaritime Museum. The value to the‘museum experience’ that a quality

café operation can bring isrecognised, and plans are in placeto develop opportunities at theAlbany and Geraldton sites.


The Maritime Museum in Fremantle is becoming an increasingly popular functions venue.

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Goal 3

THE ENVIRONMENT

The award-winning WA Museum-

Woodside Energy Ltd partnership

has provided unique baseline

information on the biodiversity of

the Dampier Archipelago.

This is facilitating sound

environmental management to

effectively conserve the marine

resources of the region for future

generations of Western Australians.

Eighty-five scientists from 25

countries cooperated in the project.

More than 4,500 marine species,

including many new species, were

recorded and are now collectively

known as The Woodside Collection.

The information gathered is being

made widely available through

various media – such as exhibitions,

an educational video Our Backyard,

which was produced with the

support of the WA Department of

Education and the Curriculum

Council of WA, the documentary,

Life on the Edge – Down Under,

viewed by more than 40 million

people, radio interviews, articles in

popular magazines and newspapers

and talks and lectures by scientists.

This partnership demonstrates the

value of effective co-operation

between industry, Government and

the community.

Photographs courtesy of the Western AustralianMuseum.

The Museum makes a majorcontribution to the management ofthe State’s environment through itsresearch on species distribution andpopulations, their response to humanactivity in mining, agricultural andsuburban regions and the affect onspecies of altered climate associatedwith changed land managementpractices and global warming.

Achievements in 2005-06 include:

● Two new species of carnivorousmarsupial, Planigale spp nov.,were described from WesternAustralia and two species ofreptiles, the Ornate Gecko,Diplodactylus ornatus, and apossible new species of wormlizard, Aprasia sp. nov., wererecorded for the first time fromthe Houtman Abrolhos.

● The autonomous, all-sky fireballcamera network was establishedon the Nullarbor to detect in-coming meteoritic falls. Thiscollaborative international project,funded through Imperial College,London, is one of only twoworldwide studies.

● Through an Australian ResearchCouncil grant, the WA Museum,the University of WA and theUniversité Montpellier,collaborated in the study of theFrasnian-Famennian massextinction event based on fossiltrilobites and other fauna from theKimberley region.

● Many new species of terrestrialinvertebrates were identifiedincluding schizomids, which areprimitive relatives of spiders, wolfspiders, pseudoscorpions,sandgropers, mole crickets, blindbeetles and microscopiccrustaceans – highlighting theincomplete knowledge of theterrestrial invertebrate andsubterranean fauna of WA.

● New discoveries in the marineenvironment include a newspecies of seastar (Styracastersp.) and a second species,(Sidonaster vaneyi), a new recordfor Australia; two new shore eels(Gobiesocidae) from Tasmania;two new species of leatherjacketfishes from the Indian Ocean;three new species of clingfishfrom Jurien Bay; four species ofcrustaceans reported fromAustralian waters for the first timeand eight species not previouslyrecorded from WA.

● Museum scientists collaboratedwith Fisheries WA on a FisheriesResearch Development Councilfunded project on themanagement of bioerodingsponges in wild stocks of pearloysters in WA.

Fieldtrips

In 2005-06 staff participated in 26fieldtrips, including:

● The Reconnection to Landprogram, Mount Ridley,Esperance, is sharing naturalhistory knowledge and skills withlocal Aboriginal traditional owners.

● Aquatic Zoology staff participatedin the CSIRO Research VesselSouthern Surveyor ‘Voyage ofDiscovery’, a deepwater collectingexpedition that investigatedpreviously unexplored habitats andlocations in WA; the AustralianInstitute of Marine Scienceexpedition at Ningaloo Reef,focussing on the biodiversity of thefilter-feeding communities of theocean floor; and the Biodiversity ofMarine Fauna on the Central WestCoast Project, documenting thefauna of the region.

● WA Museum Maritimearchaeologists and conservatorsconducted remediation works andstudies at the endangered wreckof the ex-slaver and trading brigJames Matthews, north ofWoodman Point. Maritimearchaeologists also inspected asite associated with George Greyand fellow explorers who passedthrough the Kalbarri area in April1839. Two 19th centuryarchaeological sites in theRecherche Archipelago, possiblyrelated to sealers, whalers and thesalt extraction industry, wereinvestigated in partnership withthe Centre for Archaeology,University of WA and thetraditional owners.


THE ENVIRONMENT

The Museum contributes to theprotection of endangered species andtheir habitats through specificresearch projects.

For example:

● Frogs from the eastern andcentral Kimberley, including anew, unpublished species, werecollected over the wet season, aspart of the sponsorship of theAlcoa Frog Watch program.

● Endangered cockatoo specieswere highlighted by the CockatooCare Program through publicpresentations, publications and aweb site. This project is supportedby the Water Corporation.

● Terrestrial and aquaticsubterranean communities andtheir dynamics in WA is openingup new research areas andcooperation on undergroundbiodiversity in relationship with theconservation and managementpolicies on a regional, Europeanand world scale.

● Museum scientists werecontracted by environmentalconsultancy companies toconduct land snail surveys at theBurrup Peninsula and other areasof the Pilbara, the Vasse DiversionDrain and the Kimberleys, and tosuggest the management of thespecies and their habitats.


Alcoa Frog Watch is helping people in Perth and the South West to make their gardens a friendly place for local frogs.

Photograph courtesy Alcoa of Australia.

The Museum is a major contributor tothe Government’s goal ofsustainability through its researchand its involvement with the work ofthe Government’s SustainabilityRound Table.

The WA Museum has beenrepresented on the SustainabilityRound Table since its inception andis also a member of the WAPCSustainability Committee. TheMuseum has been closely involvedin planning for regional sustainabilitystrategies as well as householdsustainability programs.

In partnership with ABC radio, theMuseum was involved in a programentitled Along the River Bank. Aspart of the series, people wereinterviewed at different locationsalong the Swan, starting at the Avon,each telling their personal story ofthe river.

The program ran daily for five weeksbeginning in November last year. Aforum was held at the MaritimeMuseum to conclude the series andcomplete the journey down from theAvon to the mouth of the Swan.

The Forum was the subject of anoutside broadcast by the ABC andprofiled some of the work beingdone at the WA Museum.

The Cricket exhibition, beingdeveloped to accompany the displayof the Ashes, recognises thestrength of the State’s ties with thegame. The Museum consultedwidely with the community on allaspects of the exhibition and manycricket stories were collected, frombackyard and beach games to firstclass and test cricket.

The Museum provides a public forumfor social and environmental issuesthrough its exhibitions and programsto the community.

The Museum’s scientific staff workwith public programs and exhibitionand design staff to bring science topeople through popular exhibitions.For example, the TerrestrialInvertebrates (spiders and insects),Vertebrates (mammals), and AquaticZoology (sponges, sea urchins,crabs, fishes etc.) departmentsprepared, photographed anddisplayed unusual items from theircollections as part of the Monstersexhibition.

Waste paper recycling

The Western Australian Museummonitors waste paper recycling inaccordance with government policy.Waste paper recycling is undertakenat Perth, Fremantle, Kew Street andAlbany sites through an approvedgovernment contractor. In 2006/07a working party will investigate futherrecycling options at all public sitesand at the collection and researchcentre.

Energy Smart Government Policy

In accordance with the EnergySmart Policy the Western AustralianMuseum has committed to achievingan energy reduction in non-transportrelated energy use. In 2005-06 theDepartment of Culture and the Artsfacilitated an energy audit of theMuseum sites to identify potentialenergy savings. As a result of thisaudit the Western AustralianMuseum applied for three capitaladvance program funding grantsthrough the SEDO including:

● $335,280 for work at VictoriaQuay, A Shed and ShipwreckGalleries;

● $32,400 for work at FremantleHistory Museum and PerthCultural Centre; and

● $45,360 for work at Kalgoorlieand Geraldton sites.


The important role that WestAustralian men played in haltingthe Japanese on the KokodaTrack is a little known story.

The ‘Great Southern Militia’, as ithas been called (since some ofthe men in the 2/16th Battalionwere from the Great Southernregion), was part of the 21stBrigade that was sent to turn backthe Japanese on their marchdown the Kokoda Track towardsPort Moresby and perhaps theAustralian mainland.

Led by Kojonup man, BrigadierArnold Potts, who many considermay have saved Australia, theBrigade used surprise attacks toconfuse the Japanese forces whovastly outnumbered them. Thisslowed their advance long enoughfor reinforcements to arrive.

On ANZAC Day 2006 the WesternAustralian Museum Albanyopened an exhibition which paidtribute to the ‘Great SouthernMilitia’ and its leader BrigadierArnold Potts, as well as to the‘quiet angels’ of the Kokoda.Indigenous Papua New Guineanpeople saved many Australianlives by resupplying the forcesand carrying out wounded soldierson stretchers or by foot and bydelivering supplies in horrendousconditions.

The exhibition Men of the Kokodawas part of a larger series ofprograms giving visitors theopportunity to experience thetraditional culture of many of thepeople along the Kokoda Track.Children and adults explored thecolour and patterns of traditionalweaving, music, art, foods,housing materials and methodsand traditional stories of ournearest neighbour through theprogram 'People of Paradise’.Central to these programs weresome exquisite artefacts andobjects from the Museum'sAnthropology collection.

Each piece selected by thecuratorial staff provided inspirationand the basis for the myriad ofworkshops ranging from traditionaldrum making and playing to thefashioning of highlandheaddresses and the mud masksof the Asaro people of the easternHighlands.

A large community workshopcreating a traditional dukduk(Papuan New Guinean ceremonialmask made by Tolai people ofEast New Britain) was held onANZAC Day afternoon. This largedukduk is being used by the RSLAlbany Sub Branch to raiseeducation funds for the PapuaNew Guinean villages along theKokoda Track. The story of themen from these villages who wereneither paid nor formallyrecognized by the AustralianGovernment for their servicesduring the war touched thecommunity and Museum staffalike.

To ensure that regionalWestern Australia is strongand vibrant



Goal 4

THE REGIONS

In 2005-06 Museum conservationstaff initiated a series of coordinatedvisits to the Albany, Geraldton andKalgoorlie museums. Displays andstorage areas were inspected andenvironmental conditions monitored.Recommendations were madeaimed at minimising damage toartefacts and specimens.

Additional work included:

● Presenting a workshop onpreventive conservation inEsperance to theEsperance/Goldfields chapter ofMuseums Australia (WA Division);and

● A preventive conservation andstorage workshop for WA MuseumAlbany staff.

Scientific staff and conservatorsworked with Albany and KalgoorlieMuseums to address the backlog ofacquisitions and condition reportingon the Hainault mining collection.

Information about the three Museumsites in Albany, Geraldton andKalgoorlie is contained under sectionone People and Communities.

The Museum provides leadership andstrategic support and information tomore than 300 museums locatedthroughout the state.

During the year, the MuseumAssistance Program (MAP) staffdealt with more than 2,700 phoneand written contacts, and attendedmore than 150 on site meetings withclient groups. Priority was given todelivering services to regional, ruraland remote areas.

Training programs were delivered in:

● the Kimberley – one;

● Pilbara – three;

● Mid West/Gascoyne – one;

● Goldfields – two;

● Great Southern – one;

● Indian Ocean Territories and theSouth West as well as theadjoining Wheatbelt and Peelregions – two.

These programs reached more than500 participants from a diverserange of museums, cultural centresand kindred bodies.


The Kalgoorlie Museum has on display a Dennisfire engine that was used in Kalgoorlie-Boulderfrom 1925-1965. Photograph courtesy Dr Terry McClafferty,WA Museum.

THE REGIONS

Work with the Christmas Islandcommunities produced a model foran ecomuseum, or museum withoutwalls, assisted by WAM naturalscientists.

Museum conservation staffundertook the treatment,documentation and packing ofartefacts for inclusion in the newShark Bay Interpretive Centre inDenham.

A total of 395 artefacts are on loanfrom the Maritime Archaeologycollection for the centre, whichopened in November 2005. Theloan includes a number of iconicobjects from the Museum’scollection – the de Vlamingh andHamelin wooden posts from DirkHartog Island, coins and artefactsfrom the Dutch East India Company

ship, Zuytdorp, and French whalerPersévérant; the Gudrun figurehead,the Saint Aloüarn annexation bottleand coin and objects from otherhistoric sites on Dirk Hartog Island.


Anzac Day at theGeraldton Museum.

Photograph courtesyDr Geoff Deacon,WA Museum.


Changes are already underway in theMuseum that will contribute to thegoal of governing for all in an open,effective and efficient manner toensure a sustainable future.

The completion of the collectionvaluation project provided a netasset value in excess of $176 millionfor the collections that comprise thecuratorial outputs of the Museum.The valuation highlighted the largeasset that the Museum manages forthe people of Western Australia. The‘type’ specimens represent a valueof $47 million while the recollectioncosts of the aquatic zoological, earthand planetary, terrestrial vertebrateand invertebrate material amountedto $57 million. The provision of avaluation provides the Museum withthe basis for proper insurance of thecollection and compliance with therequirements of the Office of theAuditor General.

Collection and content developmentdirectorate staff worked withcollection management to close twooff-site storage facilities andconsolidate the Museum’s collectioninto the Welshpool collection andresearch centre (CRC).

Staff moved the large-objectmaritime history collection from arented storage warehouse in NorthFremantle to either A-shed onVictoria Quay or to the warehousesection of the Welshpool CRC. Aspart of the relocation an integratedshelving and storage facility wasestablished in the full climatecontrolled zone of the CRC thatpermitted removal of all small andsensitive collection items from A-shed. All small boats were removedfrom poor storage conditions atBlinco Street storage facility in EastFremantle to A-shed on a newracking system which may allow forcontrolled public access to theworking collection of watercraft inthe future. Vessels not relevant tothe core museum collection weredocumented, deaccessioned andgiven to either original donors or toappropriate museums or localgovernment bodies.

The history collection of furnitureand large items such as the tradeunion banners were moved frompoor conditions at Blinco Street intothe fully climate and environmentallycontrolled sections of the CRC inKew Street. Simultaneously, thefurniture from the Willetton Storewas relocated to the Welshpoolcollection and research centre,uniting these collections for the firsttime in 15 years.

All material will now be stored onpallet racking adjacent to the maincollection boxes. A number of largetechnological items were moved tothe CRC and several graders, trucksand fragments of horse drawnvehicles were deaccessioned andgiven to relevant community basedmuseum and collectionorganisations.

Submarine and slipway collectionswere relocated from Blinco Street tothe slipway precinct adjacent to theHMAS Ovens exhibition at theMaritime Museum on Victoria Quay.

New purpose built storagecontainers for the large fishspecimen collection were moved tothe commercial offsite storagefacility, also in Welshpool, withspecimens preserved in freshaqueous ethanol solutions.

Audience Research

The Museum has increased itsaudience research activities and alsoproduced special-period surveys in2005-06 in recognition of the factthat it must better understand themotivations and requirements of itsvisitors.


Goal 5

GOVERNANCE

GOVERNANCE

Reseach work included:

● Comparative summer schoolholiday period survey at theMaritime Museum and at thePerth site;

● Submarine visitors survey at thesubmarine exhibit, MaritimeMuseum;

● How To Make a Monsterexhibition survey at the Perth site;and

● A comparative Captured in Colourexhibition survey in Geraldton andat the Maritime Museum.

These site-and-period-specificsurveys complemented the audienceresearch results from the Museum’sregular visitor satisfaction surveys.

Visitor Services Training

The Museum has begunimplementing a new training strategyaimed to equip visitor services staffwith the ability to deliver outstandingcustomer service, to assist increating a unique experience for thevisitor and to maintain a safe andhealthy environment for all.

The new program not onlyincorporates visitor services staffacross all sites, but also encouragesexchange with colleagues from othercultural organisations.

Training components provided in2005-06 included:

• Disability awareness;

• Multicultural awareness;

• Senior first aid;

• Tour guiding; and

• Supervisory and teammanagement.

Improvements to the Museum’scorporate structure, organisationaldevelopment and the development ofa new funding model will contributeto improvements in accountabilityand the delivery of services to thepublic and other stakeholders.

In 2005-06 the Museum’s new zerobased budgeting process wassuccessfully implemented across alldirectorates. As a result, theMuseum prepared a business caserequesting additional funding andsecured additional targeted fundingof $2 million for 2006-07 and2007-08.

Four of the five Museum executivepositions were advertised andpermanent appointments weremade. Three of the five sitemanager positions were advertisedand recruited as were managers inthe key business areas of exhibitionand design, marketing and retail.

Visitor services staff supervisors,assistant supervisors and staff wererecruited across all seven publicsites. Key appointments were alsomade in audience research,maritime archaeology, history andcollection management.

Minor capital works andmaintenance programs wereundertaken across all sitesthroughout the year, targeting areaswith safety and health implicationsfor visitors and staff.

Evaluations

The Museum contracted to carry outa collection valuation project during2005-06, which resulted in anassessment of a net asset value inexcess of $176 million for thecollections comprising the curatorialoutputs of the museum.

A comprehensive ‘front-end’audience research exercise for theforthcoming cricket exhibition wascompleted in May this year. The keyfindings of this project relate to thetarget audience’s interest in the topicand their expectations in regard toexhibition content and presentation.The ‘front-end’ audience researchalso provided information on the keyaudience’s motivations for visiting,drivers and barriers for visitorengagement, and finally responsesto interactive activities andmarketing plans.


Information Statement

In accordance with the Freedom ofInformation Act 1992 S96-97, theWestern Australian Museum willprovide access to informationwherever possible. The Museum willrevise the Western AustralianMuseum Information Statement in2006-07. No requests forinformation were received in2005-06.

All requests should be addressed tothe Freedom of InformationCoordinator WA Museum, Lockedbag 49, Welshpool DC, WA 6986.

Recordkeeping Plans

In accordance with the StateRecords Act 2000 and StateRecords Commission Standards, theWestern Australian Museum’srecordkeeping plan indicatedcompliance would be achieved byDecember 2005. These statementswere in regard to the preparation ofthe following:

• thesaurus;

• vital records identification;

• disaster recovery planning;

• preparation of a disposal plan;

• performance indicators;

• policies and procedures forrecords management; and

• staff training in compliant recordsmanagement.

An extension was requested andapproved by the State RecordsOffice until December 2006 due tothe recent employment of a recordsmanager and the relocation of theMuseum’s central administration,the Collection and ContentDevelopment Directorate, more thanthree million collection items andvarious other functions from FrancisStreet in Perth to the new Welshpoolcollection and research centrefacility in Welshpool.

The following targets were achieved:

● Drafting and approval of the policyand procedure manual.

● Submission of the retention anddisposal schedule to the StateRecords Office for review – ontarget to be submitted to the StateRecords Advisory Committee forapproval on 20 July 2006;

● Acquisition, modification andimplementation of PAINTThesaurus from the Art Gallery ofNew South Wales, which is athesaurus designed especially forcollecting agencies;

● Staff training in the TRIMdatabase, which will be ongoingduring the execution of theimplementation plan.

Sustainability

The WA Museum is committed tosustainability through its programs,its research, its involvement on theSustainability Roundtable and theimplementation of its sustainabilityaction plan over the past year.

The Museum has been represented

on the roundtable since its inceptionand also on the WA PlanningCommission’s SustainabilityCommittee. As a result, the Museumhas been closely involved in theimplementation of the Government’sWestern Australian StateSustainability Strategy, thepreparation of the sustainabilityreview report on two years of actionand in the planning process forregional and household sustainabilitystrategies and programs.

Compliance with Public SectorStandards and Ethical Codes

The Western Australian Museum hascomplied in the administration ofPublic Sector Standards in HumanResource Management and thePublic Sector Code of Ethics.Employees of the Western AustralianMuseum are employees of theDirector General of the Departmentof Culture and the Arts. However,the Chief Executive Officer of theWestern Australian Museum hasdelegated authority with respect toemployment.

Human resources support servicesare provided by the humanresources team of the Department ofCulture and the Arts. Specificadvice on compliance with thestandards is provided forrecruitment, secondment,termination, performancemanagement and grievanceresolution.


GOVERNANCE


Compliance checks and controls areperformed regularly by the humanresource group and where it appearsthat the Western Australian Museumhas not complied with thestandards, the situation isinvestigated and appropriate actionsare taken.

There were no breaches of publicsector standards in human resourcemanagement during 2005-06.

Additionally, Museum staff adhere tothe Department of Conservation andLand Management Animal EthicsStandard Operating Procedures.

Corruption Prevention

The Western Australian Museum hasan internal audit function, and theDepartment of Culture and the ArtsAudit and Risk Management Unithas a comprehensive internal auditplan, which reviews operations ofthe Museum.

Finance has a system of standardinternal controls which aremonitored constantly through theyear and which are subject tointernal audit on a rotation basis. Allstaff who handle cash have receivedtraining in appropriate cash handlingprocedures.

Public Interest Disclosures

The Public Interest Disclosure Actcame into effect on 1 July 2003.The Act facilitates the disclosure ofpublic interest information byproviding protection for those whomake disclosures and those who arethe subject of disclosures.

The Western Australian Museum iscommitted to the aims andobjectives of the Act. TheDepartment of Culture and the Artscoordinates public interestdisclosures and has implementedguidelines and procedures.

Information on public interestdisclosure has been made availableon the Department of Culture andthe Arts Intranet including contactinformation on the appointed publicinterest disclosure officers.

There were no disclosures madeduring 2005-2006.

Advertising

Treasurer’s Instruction 903Expenditure related to Advertising and Market Research Organisations.In accordance with Section 175ZE of the Electoral Act 1907 expenditureby the WA Museum on advertising and related costs is listed below:

a) Advertising Agencies $79,549 Media Decisions WA$11,980 Gatecrasher advertising

Total Advertising agencies $91,529

b) Market research $7,534 Strategic Know Howorganisations

c) Polling organisations Nil

d) Direct mail organisations Nil

e) Media advertising agencies Job vacancies $8,322 Drake Australia Ltd

$20,869 Marketforce Productions$1,564 Marketforce Ltd$5,410 Southside Personnel Services

Other $6,228 Radiowest P/L$5,313 Geraldton Newspapers Ltd$4,129 Sensis P/L$3,161 Marketforce Productions$2,934 Community Newspaper

Group$2,387 Radio Broadcasters P/L$2,364 Country Wide Publications$2,000 City of Perth

$25,738 Other Advertising Agencies(where the annual TotalMedia Advertising spend wasless than $2,000)

Total Media Advertising $90,417

Include only permanent and fixedterm employees NOT casuals orsessional

equal employment opportunity outcomes ~ as at 30 June 2006

People from Culturally People withAll Employees Indigenous Australians

Diverse Backgrounds Disabilities

EEO group Survey Refer to instructions Survey Response Rate Survey Response Rate Survey Response Rate

Response Rate and definitions 118 76 42 118 76 42 118 76 42

Total Women Men total Women Men Total Women Men

Salary Range ($)

Total Women Men Total Women Men Total Women Men Total Women Men

1.0 0 – 38,660.99 89 62 27 9 7 2 4 2 2 6 4 22.0 38,661.00 – 44,542.99 46 30 16 11 7 4 0 0 0 2 2 03.0 44,543.00 – 50,155.99 20 12 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 14.0 50,156.00 – 55,794.99 28 17 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 15.0 55,795.00 – 64,927.99 20 6 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 26.0 64,928.00 – 75,658.99 19 9 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 07.0 75,659.00 – 85,692.99 14 4 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 08.0 85,693.00 – 98,179.99 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09.0 98,180.00 – 111,508.99 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 010. 111,509.00 – 1,000,000.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0Total 243 144 99 28 17 11 5 3 2 16 10 6

Employment TypePermanent Full-time 125 64 61 6 5 1 0 0 0 9 5 4Permanent Part-time 72 54 18 10 7 3 4 2 2 7 5 2Fixed Term Full-time 31 15 16 8 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0Fixed Term Part-time 15 11 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Casual paid on 30 June 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0Trainee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 247 146 101 28 17 11 5 3 2 17 11 6

Senior Executive Service(SES) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Management ProfileTier 1 Management (reversed for the DG) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Tier 2 Management 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0Tier 3 Management 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 9 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Age<25 years (Youth) 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0>45 years (Mature workers) 134 78 56 18 12 6 2 2 0 14 9 5


MOIR - Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation 2005-2006

Frequency rate 2.59

Average time lost rate 30.00

LTI*/Disease Claims (Incident rate) 0.4

Estimated cost of claims/$100 wage roll 0.3786

Contribution (premium rate) 1.44

Rehabilitation success rate 100%

AUDITOR GENERAL

4th Floor Dumas House 2 Havelock Street West Perth 6005 Western Australia Tel: 08 9222 7500 Fax: 08 9322 5664

INDEPENDENT AUDIT OPINION

To the Parliament of Western Australia

THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2006

Audit Opinion In my opinion,

(i) the financial statements are based on proper accounts and present fairly the financial position of The Museum of Western Australia at 30 June 2006 and its financial performance and cash flows for the year ended on that date. They are in accordance with applicable Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements in Australia and the Treasurer’s Instructions;

(ii) the controls exercised by the Museum provide reasonable assurance that the receipt and expenditure of moneys, the acquisition and disposal of property, and the incurring of liabilities have been in accordance with legislative provisions; and

(iii) the key effectiveness and efficiency performance indicators of the Museum are relevant and appropriate to help users assess the Museum’s performance and fairly represent the indicated performance for the year ended 30 June 2006.

ScopeThe Board is responsible for keeping proper accounts and maintaining adequate systems of internal control, for preparing the financial statements and performance indicators, and complying with the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 (the Act) and other relevant written law.

The financial statements consist of the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, Cash Flow Statement a nd the Notes to the Financial Statements.

The performance indicators consist of key indicators of effectiveness and efficiency.

Summary of my Role As required by the Act, I have independently audited the accounts, financial statements and performance indicators to express an opinion on the financial statements, controls and performance indicators. This was done by testing selected samples of the evidence. Further information on my audit approach is provided in my audit practice statement. Refer "http://www.audit.wa.gov.au/pubs/Audit-Practice-Statement.pdf".

An audit does not guarantee that every amount and disclosure in the financial statements and performance indicators is error free. The term “reasonable assurance” recognises that an audit does not examine all evidence and every transaction. However, my audit procedures should identify errors or omissions significant enough to adversely affect the decisions of users of the financial statements and performance indicators.

D D R PEARSON AUDITOR GENERAL 18 September 2006


THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUMCERTIFICATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2006

The accompanying financial statements of the Western Australian Museum have been prepared in compliance with theprovisions of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 from proper accounts and records to present fairly thefinancial transactions for the year ending 30 June 2006 and the financial position as at 30 June 2006.

At the date of signing we are not aware of any circumstances which would render any particulars included in thefinancial statements misleading or inaccurate.

Mr Tim Ungar – Chairman of Trustees

Date: 14 August 2006

Ms Tracey Horton – Trustee


Dr Dawn Casey – Principal Accounting Officer



THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2006

Note 2006 2005

$000 $000

COST OF SERVICES

Expenses

Employee benefits expenses 4 12,308 12,253

Supplies and services 5 3,945 4,354

Depreciation and amortisation expense 6 2,543 2,443

Accommodation expenses 7 1,682 2,291

Grants and subsidies 7 22

Capital user charge 8 6,399 7,742

Cost of sales 11 557 624

Other expenses 9 291 346

Total cost of services 27,732 30,075

Income

Revenue

User charges and fees 10 1,996 2,768

Sales 11 1,167 1,295

Commonwealth grants and contributions 655 517

Other grants and contributions non government 334 249

Donations and sponsorship 12 638 572

Interest revenue 13 247 294

Other revenue 14 1,073 1,539

Total Revenue 6,110 7,234

Total income other than income from State Government 6,110 7,234

NET COST OF SERVICES 21,622 22,841

INCOME FROM STATE GOVERNMENT

Service Appropriation 15 6,056 5,531

Assets assumed / (transferred) 15 1,135 1,588

Resources received free of charge 15 15,267 18,509

State grants and contributions 15 107 93

Total income from State Government 22,565 25,721

SURPLUS FOR THE PERIOD 943 2,880

The Income Statement should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.


THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 JUNE 2006

Note 2006 2005

$000 $000

ASSETS

Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 28 3,138 4,281

Restricted cash and cash equivalents 16 416 352

Inventories 17 625 590

Receivables 18 667 433

Amounts receivable for services 19 330 208

Other current assets 20 116 76

Total Current Assets 5,296 5,940

Non-Current Assets

Amounts receivable for services 19 8,273 6,092

Property, plant and equipment 21 95,330 90,865

Collections 22 176,596 –

Intangible assets 23 23 96

Total Non-Current Assets 280,222 97,053

Total Assets 285,518 102,993

LIABILITIES

Current Liabilities

Payables 25 242 811

Other current liabilities 26 135 142

Total Current Liabilities 377 953

Total Liabilities 377 953

NET ASSETS 285,141 102,040

EQUITY

Contributed equity 27 11,936 11,717

Reserves 27 197,827 15,888

Accumulated surplus 27 75,378 74,435

TOTAL EQUITY 285,141 102,040

The Balance Sheet should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.


THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUMSTATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2006

Note 2006 2005

$000 $000

Balance of equity at start of period 102,040 99,117

CONTRIBUTED EQUITY 27

Balance at start of period 11,717 7,833

Capital contribution 219 3,884

Other contributions by owners – –

Distribution to owners – -

Balance at end of period 11,936 11,717

RESERVES 27

Asset Revaluation Reserve


Changes in accounting policy or correction of prior period errors – -

Restated balance at start of period 15,888 19,729

Gains/(losses) from asset revaluation 181,939 (3,841)


ACCUMULATED SURPLUS (RETAINED EARNINGS) 27


Net adjustment on transition to AIFRS – –

Changes in accounting policy or correction of prior period errors – –

Restated balance at start of period 74,435 71,555

Surplus or profit for the period 943 2,880

Gains/(losses) recognised directly in equity – –


Balance of equity at end of period 285,141 102,040

Total income and expense for the period 182,882 (961)

The Statement of Changes in Equity should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.


THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2006

Note 2006 2005

$000 $000

CASH FLOWS FROM STATE GOVERNMENT

Service appropriations 3,545 3,051

Capital contributions 219 3,884

Holding account drawdowns 208 336

State grants & contributions 82 219

Net Cash provided by State Government 4,054 7,490

Utilised as follows:

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Payments

Employee benefits (2,477) (1,308)

Supplies and services (5,017) (4,567)

Accommodation costs (1,771) (2,262)

Grants & subsidies 0 (40)

GST payments on purchases (726) (1,507)

Other payments (218) (159)

Receipts

Sale of goods and services 1,158 1,575

User charges and fees 1,936 2,449

Commonwealth grants and contributions 488 395

Other grants and contributions non government 354 207

Interest received 204 313

Donations and sponsorship 0 572

GST receipts on sales 320 394

GST receipts from taxation authority 362 1,162

Other receipts 753 193

Net cash used in operating activities 28 (4,634) (2,583)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Purchase of non-current physical assets (499) (8,347)

Net cash used in investing activities (499) (8,347)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (1,079) (3,440)

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period 4,633 8,073

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE END OF PERIOD 28 3,554 4,633

The Cash Flow Statement should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.


THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUMNOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2006

1. First time adoption of Australian equivalents toInternational Financial Reporting Standards

General

This is the Western Australian Museum’s first publishedfinancial statements prepared under Australian equivalentsto International Financial Reporting Standards (AIFRS).

Accounting Standards AASB1 ‘First-time Adoption ofAustralian Equivalents to International Financial ReportingStandards’ has been applied in preparing these financialstatements. Until 30 June 2005, the financial statementsof the Western Australian Museum had been preparedunder previous Australian Generally Accepted AccountingPrinciples (AGAAP).

The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) adoptedthe Standards of the International Accounting StandardsBoard (IASB) for application to reporting periods beginningon or after 1 January 2005 by issuing AIFRS which comprisea Framework for the Preparation and Presentation ofFinancial Statements, Australian Accounting Standards andthe Urgent Issues Group (UIG) Interpretations.

In accordance with the option provided by AASB1paragraph 36A and exercised by Treasurer’s Instruction1101 ‘Application of Australian Accounting Standards andOther Pronouncements’, financial instrument informationprepared under AASB 132 and AASB 139 will apply from1 July 2005 and consequently comparative information forfinancial instruments is presented on the previous AGAAPbasis. All other comparative information has been preparedunder the AIFRS basis.

Early adoption of standards

The Western Australian Museum cannot early adopt anAustralian Accounting Standard or UIG Interpretationunless specifically permitted by TI 1101 ‘Application ofAustralian Accounting Standards and OtherPronouncements’. This TI requires the early adoption ofrevised AASB 119 ‘Employee Benefits’ as issued inDecember 2004, AASB 2004-3 ‘Amendments to AustralianAccounting Standards’; AASB 2005-3 ‘Amendments toAustralian Accounting Standards [AASB 119]’, AASB2005-4 ‘Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards[AASB 139, AASB 132, AASB 1, AASB 1023 and AASB1038]’ and AASB 2005-6 ‘Amendments to Australian

Accounting Standards [AASB 3]’ to the annual reportingperiod beginning 1 July 2005. AASB 2005-4 amendsAASB 139 ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition andMeasurement’ so that the ability to designate financialassets and financial liabilities at fair value is restricted.AASB 2005-6 excludes business combinations involvingcommon control from the scope of AASB 3 ‘BusinessCombinations’.

Reconciliations explaining the transition to AIFRS as at 1July 2004 and 30 June 2005 are provided at note 39‘Reconciliations explaining the transition to AIFRS’.

2. Summary of significant accounting policies

(a) General Statement

The financial statements constitute a general purposefinancial report which has been prepared in accordancewith the Accounting Standards, the Framework,Statements of Accounting Concepts and other authoritativepronouncements of the Australian Accounting StandardsBoard, as applied by the Treasurer’s Instructions. Severalof these are modified by the Treasurer’s Instructions to varyapplication, disclosure, format and wording.

The Financial Administration and Audit Act and theTreasurer’s Instructions are legislative provisions governingthe preparation of financial statements and takeprecedence over the Accounting Standards, theFramework, Statements of Accounting Concepts and otherauthoritative pronouncements of the Australian AccountingStandards Board.

Where modification is required and has a material orsignificant financial effect upon the reported results, detailsof that modification and the resulting financial effect aredisclosed in the notes to the financial statements.

Modifications or clarifications to accounting standards throughthe TI’s are to provide certainty and ensure consistency andappropriate reporting across the public sector.

(b) Basis of Preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on theaccrual basis of accounting using the historical costconvention, modified by the revaluation of land, buildingsand infrastructure which have been measured at fair value.


The accounting policies adopted in the preparation of thefinancial statements have been consistently appliedthroughout all periods presented unless otherwise stated.

The financial statements are presented in Australiandollars rounded to the nearest thousand dollars ($’000).

(c) Reporting Entity

The reporting entity comprises the Western AustralianMuseum only.

(d) Contributed Equity

UIG Interpretation 1038 ‘Contributions by Owners Made toWholly-Owned Public Sector Entities’ requires transfers inthe nature of equity contributions to be designated by theGovernment (the owner) as contributions by owners (at thetime of, or prior to transfer) before such transfers can berecognised as equity contributions.

Capital contributions (appropriations) have beendesignated as contributions by owners by TI955‘Contributions by Owners made to Wholly Owned PublicSector Entities’ and have been credited directly toContributed Equity.

Transfers of net assets to/from other agencies aredesignated as contributions by owners where the transfersare non-discretionary and non-reciprocal. See note 27‘Equity’.

(e) Income

Revenue

Revenue is measured at the fair value of considerationreceived or receivable. Revenue is recognised for themajor business activities as follows:

Sale of goods

Revenue is recognised from the sale of goods and disposalof other assets when the significant risks and rewards ofownership control transfer to the purchaser.

Rendering of services

Revenue is recognised on delivery of the service to theclient or by reference to the stage of completion.

Interest

Revenues is recognised as the interest accrues.

Service Appropriations

Service Appropriations are recognised as revenues atnominal value in the period in which the WesternAustralian Museum gains control of the appropriatedfunds. The Western Australian Museum gains control ofappropriated funds at the time those funds are depositedto bank account or credited to the holding account held atthe Department of Treasury and Finance. (See note 15‘Income from State Government’.)

Grants, donations, gifts and other non-reciprocalcontributions

Revenue is recognised at fair value when the WesternAustralian Museum obtains control over the assetscomprising the contributions, usually when cash isreceived.

Other non-reciprocal contributions that are notcontributions by owners are recognised at their fair value.Contributions of services are only recognised when a fairvalue can be reliably determined and the services wouldbe purchased if not donated.

Where contributions recognised as revenues during thereporting period were obtained on the condition that theybe expended in a particular manner or used over aparticular period, and those conditions were undischargedas at the reporting date, the nature of, and amountspertaining to, those undischarged conditions are disclosedin the notes.

Gains

Gains may be realised or unrealised and are usuallyrecognised on a net basis. These include gains arising onthe disposal of non-current assets and some revaluationsof non-current assets.

(f) Property, Plant and Equipment

Capitalisation / Expensing of assets

Items of property, plant and equipment costing over$1,000 are recognised as assets and the cost of utilising



assets is expensed (depreciated) over their useful lives.Items of property, plant and equipment costing less than$1,000 are immediately expensed direct to the IncomeStatement (other than where they form part of a group ofsimilar items which are significant in total).

Initial recognition and measurement

All items of property, plant and equipment are initiallyrecognised at cost.

For items of property, plant and equipment acquired at nocost or for nominal cost, the cost is their fair value at thedate of acquisition.

Subsequent measurement

After recognition as an asset, the revaluation model is usedfor the measurement of land and buildings and the costmodel for all other property, plant and equipment. Landand buildings are carried at fair value less accumulateddepreciation on buildings and accumulated impairmentlosses. All other items of property, plant and equipment arestated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation andaccumulated impairment losses.

Where market evidence is available, the fair value of landand buildings is determined on the basis of current marketbuying values determined by reference to recent markettransactions. When buildings are revalued by reference torecent market transactions, the accumulated depreciationis eliminated against the gross carrying amount of theasset and the net amount restated to the revalued amount.

Where market evidence is not available, the fair value ofland and buildings is determined on the basis of existinguse. This normally applies where buildings are specialisedor where land use is restricted. Fair value for existing useassets is determined by reference to the cost of replacingthe remaining future economic benefits embodied in theasset, ie. the depreciated replacement cost. Whenbuildings are revalued, any accumulated depreciation atthe date of the revaluation is eliminated against the grosscarrying amount of the buildings and the net amountrestated to the revalued amount of the buildings.

The revaluation of land and buildings is providedindependently on an annual basis by the Department ofLand Information (Valuation Services).

The most significant assumptions in estimating fair value aremade in assessing whether to apply the existing use basis toassets. Professional judgement by the valuer is requiredwhere the evidence does not provide a clear distinctionbetween market type assets and existing use assets.

Refer to note 21 ‘Property, plant and equipment’ for furtherinformation on revaluations.

Depreciation

All non-current assets having a limited useful life aresystematically depreciated over their estimated useful livesin a manner that reflects the consumption of their futureeconomic benefits.

Land is not depreciated. Depreciation on other assets iscalculated using the straight line method, using thefollowing rates which are reviewed annually:

Buildings 2.5%Computer Equipment 25.0%Plant and Equipment 10.0%Furniture and Fittings 10.0%Monuments 2.5%Scientific Equipment 10.0%Transport 15.0%Leasehold Improvements 1.0-2.5%

Works of art controlled by the Western Australian Museumare classified as property, plant and equipment which areanticipated to have very long and indefinite useful lives.Their service potential has not, in any material sense, beenconsumed during the reporting period and so nodepreciation has been recognised.

(g) Collections

The Collections of the Western Australian Museum werevalued for the first time in the current reporting period byindependent valuers using a combination of both marketvalues, where applicable, and recollection costs.

Collection items may be acquired through collection,purchase or donation. Acquisitions of collection items arerecorded at cost when purchased. Valuation of theCollections by an independent valuer will be completedevery three years.


Collection items controlled by the Western AustralianMuseum are classified as heritage assets. They areanticipated to have very long and indeterminate usefullives. Their service potential has not, in any materialsense, been consumed during the reporting period. Assuch, no amount for depreciation has been recognised inrespect of these assets.

(h) Intangible Assets

Capitalisation/Expensing of assets

Acquisition of intangible assets costing over $1,000 arecapitalised. The cost of utilising the assets is expensed(amortised) over their useful life. Costs incurred belowthese thresholds are immediately expensed directly to theIncome Statement.

All acquired intangible assets are initially recognised atcost. For assets acquired at no cost or for nominal cost,the cost is their fair value at the date of acquisition.

The cost model is applied for subsequent measurementrequiring the asset to be carried at cost less anyaccumulated amortisation and accumulated impairmentlosses.

The carrying value of intangible assets is reviewed forimpairment annually when the asset is not yet in use, ormore frequently when an indicator of impairment arisesduring the reporting year indicating that the carrying valuemay not be recoverable.

Amortisation

Amortisation for intangible assets with finite useful lives iscalculated for the period of the expected benefit (estimateduseful life) on the straight line basis using rates which arereviewed annually. All intangible assets controlled by theWestern Australian Museum have a finite useful life andzero residual value. Amortisation is calculated using thefollowing rate:

Software (#) 25.0%

(#) Software that is not integral to the operation of anyrelated hardware

Computer Software

Software that is an integral part of the related hardware istreated as property, plant and equipment. Software that isnot an integral part of the related hardware is treated as anintangible asset. Software costing less than $1,000 isexpended in the year of acquisition.

(i) Impairment of Assets

Property, plant and equipment, infrastructure andintangible assets are tested for any indication ofimpairment at each reporting date. Where there is anindication of impairment, the recoverable amount isestimated. Where the recoverable amount is less than thecarrying amount, the asset is considered impaired and iswritten down to the recoverable amount and animpairment losses is recognised. As the Western AustralianMuseum is a not-for-profit entity, unless an asset has beenidentified as a surplus asset, the recoverable amount is thehigher of an asset’s fair value less costs to sell anddepreciated replacement cost.

The risk of impairment is generally limited tocircumstances where an asset’s depreciation is materiallyunderstated or where the replacement cost is falling. Eachrelevant class of assets is reviewed annually to verify thatthe accumulated depreciation/amortisation reflects thelevel of consumption or expiration of asset’s futureeconomic benefits and to evaluate any impairment riskfrom falling replacement costs.

Intangible assets with an indefinite useful life andintangible assets not yet available for use are tested forimpairment at each reporting date irrespective of whetherthere is any indication of impairment.

The recoverable amount of assets identified as surplusassets is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and thepresent value of future cash flows expected to be derivedfrom the asset. Surplus assets carried at fair value have norisk of material impairment where fair value is determinedby reference to market evidence. Where fair value isdetermined by reference to depreciated replacement cost,surplus assets are at risk of impairment and therecoverable amount is measured. Surplus assets at costare tested for indications of impairment at each reportingdate.



Refer to note 24 ‘Impairment of Assets’ for the outcome ofimpairment reviews and testing. Refer also to note 2(q)‘Receivables’ for impairment of receivables.

(j) Non-current Assets (or Disposal Groups) Classified asHeld for Sale

Non-current assets (or disposal groups) held for sale arerecognised at the lower of carrying amount and fair valueless costs to sell and are presented separately from otherassets in the Balance Sheet. Assets classified as held forsale are not depreciated or amortised.

(k) Leases

Finance lease rights and obligations are initiallyrecognised, at the commencement of the lease term, asassets and liabilities equal in amount to the fair value ofthe leased item or, if lower, the present value of theminimum lease payments, determined at the inception ofthe lease. The assets are disclosed as plant, equipmentand vehicles under lease, and are depreciated over theperiod during which the Western Australian Museum isexpected to benefit from their use. Minimum leasepayments are allocated between the finance charge andthe reduction of the outstanding lease liability, according tothe interest rate implicit in the lease.

The Western Australian Museum holds operating leases forproperty and equipment. Lease payments are expensedon a straight line basis over the lease term as thisrepresents the pattern of benefits derived from the leasedproperty and equipment.

(l) Financial Instruments

The Western Australian Museum has two categories offinancial instrument:

• Receivables (cash and cash equivalents,receivables); and

• Non-trading financial liabilities (payables).

Initial recognition and measurement of financialinstruments is at fair value which normally equates to thetransaction cost or the face value. Subsequentmeasurement is at amortised cost using the effectiveinterest method.

The fair value of short-term receivables and payables is thetransaction cost or the face value because there is nointerest rate applicable and subsequent measurement isnot required as the effect of discounting is not material.

(m) Cash and Cash Equivalents

For the purpose of the Cash Flow Statement, cash andcash equivalent (and restricted cash and cash equivalent)assets comprise cash on hand and short-term depositswith original maturities of three months or less that arereadily convertible to a known amount of cash and whichare subject to insignificant risk of changes in value, andbank overdrafts.

(n) Accrued Salaries

Accrued salaries represent the amount due to staff butunpaid at the end of the financial year, as the pay date forthe last pay period does not coincide with the end of thefinancial year. Accrued salaries are settled within afortnight of the financial year end. The Western AustralianMuseum considers the carrying amount of accruedsalaries to be equivalent to its net fair value.

(o) Amounts receivable for Services (Holding Account)

The Western Australian Museum receives funding on anaccrual basis that recognises the full annual cash and non-cash cost of services. The appropriations are paid partly incash and partly as an asset (Holding Account receivable)that is accessible on the emergence of the cash fundingrequirement to cover items such as leave entitlements andasset replacement.

See also note 15 ‘Income from State Government’ and note19 ‘ Amounts receivable for services’.

(p) Inventories

Inventories are measured at the lower of cost and netrealisable value. Costs are assigned by the method mostappropriate to each particular class of inventory, with themajority being valued on an average cost basis.

Inventories not held for resale are valued at cost unlessthey are no longer required, in which case they are valuedat net realisable value.

See note 17 ‘Inventories’.


(q) Receivables

Receivables are recognised and carried at original invoiceamount less an allowance for any uncollectible amounts(i.e. impairment). The collectability of receivables isreviewed on an ongoing basis and any receivablesidentified as uncollectible are written-off. The allowance foruncollectible amounts (doubtful debts) is raised whenthere is objective evidence that the Western AustralianMuseum will not be able to collect the debts. The carryingamount is equivalent to fair value as it is due for settlementwithin 30 days. See note 2(l) ‘Financial Instruments’ andnote 18 ‘Receivables’.

(r) Payables

Payables are recognised at the amounts payable when theWestern Australian Museum becomes obliged to makefuture payments as a result of a purchase of assets orservices. The carrying amount is equivalent to fair value, asthey generally settled with in 30 days. See note 2(l)‘Financial Instruments’ and note 25 ‘Payables’.

(s) Provisions

Provisions are liabilities of uncertain timing and amountand are recognised where there is a present legal,equitable or constructive obligation as a result of a pastevent and the outflow of economic benefits is probable andcan be measured reliably. Provisions are reviewed at eachbalance date.

(i) Provisions – Employee Benefits

Annual leave and long service leave

The liability for annual leave and long serviceleave was taken up by the Department of Cultureand the Arts in 1997/1998.

Superannuation

The Government Employees SuperannuationBoard (GESB) administers the followingsuperannuation schemes.

Employees may contribute to the PensionScheme, a defined benefit pension scheme nowclosed to new members or the Gold StateSuperannuation Scheme (GSS), a defined benefitlump sum scheme also closed to new members.

The Western Australian Museum has no liabilitiesunder the Pension or the GSS Schemes. Theliabilities for the unfunded Pension Scheme andthe unfunded GSS Scheme transfer benefits dueto members who transferred from the PensionScheme, are assumed by the Treasurer. All otherGSS Scheme obligations are funded byconcurrent contributions made by the WesternAustralian Museum to the GESB. Theconcurrently funded part of the GSS Scheme is adefined contribution scheme as thesecontributions extinguish all liabilities in respect ofthe concurrently funded GSS Scheme obligations.

Employees who are not members of either thePension or the GSS Schemes become non-contributory members of the West StateSuperannuation Scheme (WSS), an accumulationscheme. The Western Australian Museum makesconcurrent contributions to GESB on behalf ofemployees in compliance with theCommonwealth Government’s SuperannuationGuarantee (Administration) Act 1992. The WSSScheme is a defined contribution scheme asthese contributions extinguish all liabilities inrespect of the WSS Scheme.

The GESB makes all benefit payments in respect ofthe Pension and GSS Schemes, and is recoupedby the Treasurer for the employer’s share.

See also note 2(t) ‘Superannuation Expense’.



(i) Provisions – Other

Employment On-Costs

Employment on-costs, including workers’compensation insurance, are not employeebenefits and are recognised separately asliabilities and expenses when the employment towhich they relate has occurred. Employment on-costs are included as part of‘Other expenses’ and are not included as part ofthe Western Australian Museum’s ‘Employeebenefits expense’. See note 9 ‘Other expenses’.

(t) Superannuation Expense

The following elements are included in calculating thesuperannuation expense in the Income Statement:

(i) Defined benefit plans – Change in the unfundedemployer’s liability (i.e. current service cost and,actuarial gains and losses) assumed by theTreasurer in respect of current employees whoare members of the Pension Scheme and currentemployees who accrued a benefit on transferfrom that Scheme to the Gold StateSuperannuation Scheme (GSS); and

(ii) Defined contribution plans – Employercontributions paid to the GSS and the West StateSuperannuation Scheme (WSS).

As all the staff of the Culture and Arts portfolio agencies,including the Western Australian Museum, are staff of theDepartment for Culture and the Arts, the WesternAustralian Museum has no liabilities in relation to theirsuperannuation, other than for superannuation paymentsincurred under the Superannuation and Family BenefitsAct pension scheme.

(u) Resources Received Free of Charge or for NominalCost

Resources received free of charge or for nominal cost thatcan be reliably measured are recognised as revenues andas assets or expenses as appropriate, at fair value.

(v) Comparative Figures

Comparative figures have been restated on the AIFRSbasis except for financial instruments, which have beenprepared under the previous AGAAP Australian AccountingStandard AAS 33 ‘Presentation and Disclosure of FinancialInstruments’. The transition date to AIFRS for financialinstruments is 1 July 2005 in accordance with theexemption allowed under AASB 1, paragraph 36A andTreasurer’s Instruction 1101.

3. Disclosure of changes in accounting policy andestimates

Initial application of an Australian Accounting Standard

The Western Australian Museum has determined theamounts of adjustments required on the initial applicationof the Australian Equivalents of International FinancialReporting Standards and has disclosed its effect in thecurrent period and the prior period. There is not expectedto be any material effect in the future periods.

Voluntary changes in Accounting Policy

The Western Australian Museum has not adopted anyvoluntary change in accounting policy during the reportingperiod.

Future impact of Australian Accounting Standards not yetoperative

The Western Australian Museum cannot early adopt anAustralian Accounting Standard or UIG Interpretationunless specifically permitted by TI 1101 ‘Application ofAustralian Accounting Standards and OtherPronouncements’. As referred to in Note 1, TI 1101 hasonly mandated the early adoption of revised AASB 119,AASB 2004-3, AASB 2005-3, AASB 2005-4 and AASB2005-6. Consequently, the Western Australian Museumhas not applied the following Australian AccountingStandards and UIG Interpretations that have been issuedbut are not yet effective.


These will be applied from their application date:

(i) AASB 7 ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosures’(including consequential amendments in AASB2005-10 ‘Amendments to AustralianAccounting Standards [AASB 132, AASB 101,AASB 114, AASB 117, AASB 133, AASB 139,AASB 1, AASB 4, AASB 1023 and AASB1038]’). This standard requires newdisclosures in relation to financial instruments.The Standard is required to be applied toannual reporting periods beginning on or after1 January 2007. The Standards is consideredto result in increased disclosures of an entity’srisks, enhanced disclosure about componentsof a financial position and performance, andchanges to the way of presenting financialstatements, but otherwise there is no financialimpact.

(ii) AASB 2005-9 ‘Amendments to AustralianAccounting Standards [AASB 4, AASB 1023,AASB 139 and AASB 132]’ (Financialguarantee contracts). The amendment dealswith the treatment of financial guaranteecontracts, credit insurance contracts, letters ofcredit or credit derivative default contracts aseither an “insurance contract” under AASB 4‘Insurance Contracts’ or as a “financialguarantee contract” under AASB 139‘Financial Instruments: Recognition andMeasurement’. The Western AustralianMuseum does not undertake these types oftransacctions resulting in no financial impactwhen the Standard is first applied. TheStandard is required to be applied to annualreporting periods beginning on or after1 January 2006.

(Iii) UIG Interpretation 4 ‘Determining whether anArrangement Contains a Lease’. ThisInterpretation deals with arrangements thatcomprise a transaction or a series of linkedtransactions that may not involve a legal formof a lease but by their nature are deemed to beleases for the purposes of applying AASB 117‘Leases’. At reporting date, the WesternAustralian Museum has not entered into anyarrangements as specified in the Interpretationresulting in no impact when the Interpretationis first applied. The Interpretation is requiredto be applied to annual reporting periodsbeginning on or after 1 January 2006.

The following amendments are not applicable to theWestern Australian Museum as they will have no impact:

AASB Affected

Amendment Standards

2005-1 AASB 139 (Cash flow hedge accounting offorecast intragroup transactions).

2005-5 ‘Amendments to Australian AccountingStandards [AASB 1 and AASB 139]’.

2006-1 AASB 121 (Net investment in foreignoperations).

UIG 5 ‘Rights to Interests arising fromDecommissioning, Restoration andEnvironmental Rehabilitation Funds’.

UIG 6 ‘Liabilities arising from Participating in aSpecific Market – Waste Electrical and

Electronic Equipment’.

UIG 7 ‘Applying the Restatement Approach underAASB 129 Financial Reporting inHyperinflationary Economies’.



2006 2005

$000 $000

4. Employee benefits expenses

Wages and salaries 11,099 10,982

Superannuation 991 1,045

Fringe benefits tax 22 32

Other related expenses 196 194

12,308 12,253

Employment on-costs such as workers compensation insuranceare included at note 9 ‘Other Expenses’.

5. Supplies and services

Consultants and contractors 639 808

Consumables and Supplies 398 515

Maintenance of plant and equipment 511 458

Lease / hire 284 346

Communications 310 325

Printing 215 308

Sundry equipment 127 230

Advertising 142 221

Insurance premiums 309 203

Travel 219 275

Exhibition fees 160 63

Freight and cartage 192 39

Legal fees 11 10

Other supplies and services 428 553

3,945 4,354

6. Depreciation and amortisation expense

Depreciation

Buildings 1,187 1,129

Monuments 22 11

Computing, plant and equipment 1,038 1,090

Total depreciation 2,247 2,230

Amortisation

Leasehold improvements 208 117

Intangible assets 88 96

Total amortisation 296 213

Total depreciation and amortisation 2,543 2,443


2006 2005

$000 $000

7. Accommodation expenses

Repairs and maintenance of buildings 402 931

Security 136 139

Cleaning 175 201

Electricity and gas 817 856

Water 37 31

Other accommodation expenses 115 133

1,682 2,291

8. Capital User Charge 6,399 7,742

The Government applies a levy for the use of its capital for the delivery ofservices. It is applied at 8% per annum on the net assets of the WesternAustralian Museum, excluding exempt assets, and is paid to the Department ofTreasury and Finance quarterly.

9. Other expenses

Workers compensation premiums 122 75

Audit fees 33 31

Write-down of building at cost (a) - 229

Other 136 11

291 346

(a) This item relates to the write-down of the Bulk Alcohol Storage Unit at thePerth Museum site to nil value in 2004/05. This Unit is no longer requiredfollowing the relocation of the function to the Collections and ResearchCentre facility in Welshpool during the year.

10. User charges and fees

Entrance and membership fees 692 1,063

User charges 712 520

Welcome wall registrations and sales 210 1,000

Consultancy fees 263 153

Exhibition fees 119 32

1,996 2,768



2006 2005

$000 $000

11. Trading Profit

Sales 1,167 1,295

Cost of Sales:

Opening inventory (590) (697)

Purchases (596) (517)

(1,186) (1,214)

Closing inventory 640 595

Less provision for write-down (11) (5)

Final Closing Inventory 629 590

Cost of Goods Sold (557) (624)

Trading Profit 610 671

See Note 2(p) ‘Inventories’ and note 17 ‘Inventories’.

12. Donations and sponsorship

Donations 386 341

Sponsorship 252 231

638 572

13. Interest revenue

Interest revenue 247 294

247 294

Interest revenue is generated from the Western Australian Museum’s operatingbank account.

14. Other revenues

Reversal of prior year depreciation - 1,328

Other revenues 1,073 211

1,073 1,539


2006 2005

$000 $000

15. Income from State Government

Appropriation received during the year:

Service appropriation (a) 6,056 5,531

6,056 5,531

The following assets have been assumed or transferred from other governmentagencies during the financial year: 1,135 1,588

Total assets assumed 1,135 1,588

Resources received free of charge (b)

Determined on the basis of the following figures provided by agencies:

- Department of Culture and the Arts 15,261 18,505

- State Solicitor’s Office 6 4

15,267 18,509

State grants & contributions 107 93

22,565 25,721

(a) Service appropriations are accrual amounts reflecting the full cost of servicesdelivered. The appropriation revenue comprises a cash component and areceivable (asset). The receivable (holding account) comprises thedepreciation expense for the year and any agreed increase in leave liabilityduring the year.

(b) Where assets or services have been received free of charge or for nominalconsideration, the WA Museum recognises revenues (except where thecontribution of assets or services is in the nature of contributions by owners,in which case the Western Australian Museum shall make a directadjustment to equity) equivalent to the fair value of the assets and/or the fairvalue of those services that can be reliably determined and which wouldhave been purchased if not donated, and those fair values shall berecognised as assets or expenses, as applicable.

16. Restricted cash and cash equivalents

Specific purpose trust funds (a) 416 352

416 352

(a) Cash held in the account includes specific purpose trust account balancesand unspent specific purpose grants.



2006 2005

$000 $000

17. Inventories

Current

Inventories held for resale – finished goods at cost:

- Bulk book store 253 218

- Museum shops stock 376 372

629 590

See also note 2(p) ‘Inventories’ and note 11 ‘Trading Profit’.

18. Receivables

Current

Receivables 671 411

Allowance for impairment of receivables (59) (59)

GST receivable 55 81

667 433

See also note 2(q) ‘Receivables’ and note 33 ‘Financial Instruments’.

19. Amounts receivable for services

Current 330 208

Non-current 8,273 6,092

8,603 6,300

Represents the non-cash component of services appropriations. See note 2(o)‘Amounts receivable for services (Holding Account)’. It is restricted in that it canonly be used for asset replacement or payment of leave liability.

20. Other assets

Current

Prepayments 7 17

Accrued income 109 59

116 76



2006 2005

$000 $000

21. Property, plant and equipment

Freehold land – at fair value (a) 16,410 15,535Accumulated Impairment Losses - -

16,410 15,535Buildings – at cost 692 578Accumulated depreciation (31) (24)Provision for write-down of buildings at cost (Note 9) (229) (229)Accumulated Impairment Losses - -

432 325Buildings- at fair value (a) 62,950 59,005Accumulated depreciation (120) (112)Accumulated Impairment Losses - -

62,830 58,893Monuments – at cost 1,296 877Accumulated depreciation (33) (11)Accumulated Impairment Losses - -

1,263 866Computers, plant & equipment – at cost 8,691 8,439Accumulated depreciation (4,332) (3,439)Accumulated Impairment Losses - -

4,359 5,000Furniture & fittings – at cost 1,171 1,024Accumulated depreciation (526) (431)Accumulated Impairment Losses - -

645 593Scientific equipment – at cost 1,013 1,014Accumulated depreciation (925) (875)Accumulated Impairment Losses - -

88 139Transport – at cost 47 47Accumulated depreciation (43) (41)Accumulated Impairment Losses - -

4 6Works of art – at cost 100 100Accumulated Impairment Losses - -

100 100Leasehold improvements – at cost 9,583 9,584Accumulated amortisation (384) (176)Accumulated Impairment Losses - -

9,199 9,408

95,330 90,865

(a) Freehold land and buildings were revalued as at 1 July 2005 by theDepartment of Land Information (Valuation Services). The valuations wereperformed during the year ended 30 June 2005 and recognised at 30 June2006. See Note 2(f) ‘Property, Plant and Equipment’.


Reconciliations

Reconciliations of the carrying amounts of property, plant and equipment at the beginning and end of the reporting period areset out below:

Land Build- Comput Furnit. Scient Monu- Works Lease- Trans- Totalings Plant & & Equip ments of Art hold port

Equip. Fittings Improv.

$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000

2006

Carrying amountat start of year 15,535 59,218 5,000 593 139 866 100 9,408 6 90,865

Additions 650 114 250 145 - 419 - - - 1,578

Revaluation 225 3,945 - - - - - - - 4,170increment /(decrement)

Depreciation - (1,187) (891) (93) (51) (22) - (209) (2) (2,455)

Reversal of - 1,172 - - - - - - - 1,172prior yeardepreciation

Carrying amount 16,410 63,262 4,359 645 88 1,263 100 9,199 4 95,330at end of year

2005

Carrying amount 14,681 63,007 4,795 576 208 - 79 2,624 5 85,975at start of year

Additions - 1,121 942 113 - 877 21 6,901 4 9,979

Revaluation 854 (4,695) - - - - - - - (3,841)increment /(decrement)

Provision for - (229) - - - - - - - (229)write down

Reclassification - (185) 185 - - - - - - 0

Depreciation - (1,129) (922) (96) (69) (11) - (117) (3) (2,347)

Reversal of prior - 1,328 - - - - - - - 1,328year depreciation

Carrying amount 15,535 59,218 5,000 593 139 866 100 9,408 6 90,865at end of year


2006 2005

$000 $000

22. Collections

Collections - at fair value 176,596 -

176,596 -

Reconciliation:

Carrying amount at start of year - -

Additions 176,596 -

Carrying amount at end of year 176,596 -

The Western Australian Museum’s Collections were valued for the first time in thecurrent reporting period by independent valuers. See also note 2(g) ‘Collections’.

23. Intangible assets

Computer software - at cost 432 419

Accumulated amortisation (409) (323)

23 96

Reconciliation:

Computer software

Carrying amount at start of year 96 192

Additions 15 -

Amortisation expense (88) (96)

Carrying amount at end of year 23 96

See also note 2(h) ‘Intangibles’.

24. Impairment of assets

There were no indications of significant impairment to property, plant andequipment and intangible assets at 30 June 2006.

The Western Australian Museum held no intangible assets with an indefiniteuseful life during the reporting period and at reporting date there were nointangible assets not yet available for use.

25. Payables

Current

Trade payables 242 811

242 811

See also note 2(r) ‘Payables’ and note 33 ‘Financial Instruments’.



2006 2005

$000 $000

26. Other liabilities

Current

Accrued expenses 81 86

Income received in advance 50 56

Other 4 1

135 142

27. Equity

Equity represents the residual interest in the net asset of the Western AustralianMuseum. The Government holds the equity interest in the Western AustralianMuseum on behalf of the community. The asset revaluation reserve representsthat portion of equity resulting from the revaluation of non-current assets.

Contributed equity

Balance at start of year 11,717 7,833

Contributions by owners

Capital contribution (a) 219 3,884

Total contribution by owners 219 3,884

Balance at end of year 11,936 11,717

(a) Capital Contributions (appropriations) have been designated as contributionsby owners in Treasurer’s Instruction TI 955 ‘Contributions by Owners Made toWholly Owned Public Sector Entities’ and are credited directly to equity.

Reserves

Asset revaluation reserve:


Net revaluation increments/ (decrements):

Land 225 854

Buildings 5,118 (4,695)

Collections 176,596 -


Accumulated surplus/(Retained Earnings)


Result for the period 943 2,880

Income and expense recognised directly to equity - -



2006 2005

$000 $000

28. Notes to the Cash Flow Statement

Reconciliation of cash

Cash at the end of the financial year as shown in the Cash Flow Statement isreconciled to the related items in the Balance Sheet as follows:

Cash and cash equivalents 3,138 4,281

Restricted cash and cash equivalents (see note 16 ‘Restricted cash and 416 352cash equivalents’)

3,554 4,663

Reconciliation of net cost of services to net cash flows used in operating activities

Net cost of services (21,622) (22,841)

Non-cash items:

Depreciation and amortisation expense (note 6) 2,543 2,443

Resources received free of charge (note 15) 15,267 18,509

Reversal of prior year depreciation - (1,328)

Other Non-Cash Items 41 43

(Increase)/decrease in assets:

Current receivables (b) (198) (91)

Current inventories (39) 107

Other current assets (40) 28

Increase/(decrease) in liabilities:

Current payables (b) (569) 515

Other current liabilities (7) 12

Change in GST in receivables/payables(a) (10) 20

Net cash used in operating activities (4,634) (2,583)

(a) This reverses out the GST in accounts receivable and payable.

(b) Note that the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) receivable / payable in respectof GST and the receivable/payable in respect of the sale/purchase of non-currentassets are not included in these items as they do not form part of the reconcilingitems.



2006 2005

$000 $000

29. Commitments for expenditure

Capital expenditure commitments

Capital expenditure commitments, being contracted capital expenditureadditional to the amounts reported in the financial statements, are payable as follows:

Within 1 year 16 84

Lease commitments

Commitments in relation to leases contracted for at the reporting date but notrecognised in the financial statements are payable as follows:

Within 1 year 164 160

Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years 144 192

308 352

Representing:

Cancellable operating leases 308 352

308 352

30. Explanatory Statement

Significant variations between estimates and actual results for income andexpenses are shown below. Significant variations are considered to be thosegreater than 10% and $200,000.

Significant variances between estimated and actual results for 2006

2006 2006Estimate Actual Variation

$000 $000 $000

Expenses

Accommodation expenses 2,304 1,682 (622)

Capital user charge 8,167 6,399 (1,768)

Other expenses 10 291 281

Income

User charges and fees 1,012 1,996 984

Sales 1,605 1,167 (438)

Other revenue 340 1,073 733


Accommodation expenses

The budget figures set for 2005-06 accommodation expenses were preliminary and based on prior year actuals whichincluded the significant Kew St relocation project figures. Actual maintenance expenses fell well below the budget figures asthe Kew St Relocation project was completed in 2004-05.

Capital user charge

The 2006 estimate for capital user charge was calculated based on an asset base figure prior to the exclusion of heritagebuildings. The actual 2006 figure was calculated after excluding the Museum’s heritage buildings.

Other expenses

The main reason for the increase in other expenses over the 2006 estimate is the subsequent reclassification of workerscompensation premiums from employee benefits expense to other expenses in 2006.

User charges and fees

Several components of user charges and fees exceeded initial budget expectations for 2005-06 particularly entrance fees atthe Maritime Museum, venue hire fees, consultancy fees and exhibition fees income. Also, income for the Welcome Wallswas incorrectly included as sales in the budget estimates whereas it should have been included as user fees and charges.

Sales

Actual sales from the Museum’s shops and publications unit were down on budget expectations for the year. Also, incomefor the Welcome Walls was incorrectly included as sales in the budget estimates whereas it should have been included asuser fees and charges.

Other revenue

Capital user charge expense was overstated in 2004-05 as the Museum’s heritage buildings were incorrectly included in theasset base calculation. This revision of this figure resulted in an adjustment in the current year to other revenue of $815,000.

Significant variances between actual results for 2005 and 2006

2006 2005 Variation$000 $000 $000

Expenses

Supplies & services 3,945 4,354 (409)

Accommodation expenses 1,682 2,291 (609)

Capital user charge 6,399 7,742 (1,343)

IncomeUser charges and fees 1,996 2,768 (772)Other revenue 1,073 1,539 (466)

Supplies and services

A number of expenses within this area came in below budget projections for the current year, particularly consultants fees,consumables, printing and sundry equipment.



Accommodation expenses

The main reason for this variance is the significant reduction in buildings repairs and maintenance costs compared with theprior year.

Capital user charge

Capital user charge expense was overstated in 2004-05 as the Museum’s heritage buildings were incorrectly included in theasset base calculation. This revision of this figure resulted in an adjustment in the current year to other revenue of $815,000.

User charges and fees

The main reason for the reduction in this area is the drop in entrance fees revenue at the Maritime Museum along with areduction in revenues generated from the Welcome Walls stage 2 project in comparison to the prior year.

Other revenue

Other revenues for 2004/05 were particularly high due to a one-of adjustment relating to reversal of prior year depreciation.

31. Events occurring after the balance sheet date

The Western Australian Museum is not aware of any event occurring after the balance sheet date that would materially affectthe financial statements.

32. Contingent Liabilities and Assets

The Western Australian Museum is not aware of any contingent liabilities or contingent assets that would materially affect thefinancial statements.

33. Financial Instruments

(a) Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies

Financial instruments held by the Western Australian Museum are cash and cash equivalents, receivables and payables. TheWestern Australian Museum has limited exposure to financial risks. The Western Australian Museum’s overall riskmanagement program focuses on managing the risks identified below.

Credit Risk

The Western Australian Museum trades only with recognised, creditworthy third parties. The Western Australian Museum haspolicies in place to ensure that sales of products and services are made to customers with an appropriate credit history. Inaddition, receivable balances are monitored on an ongoing basis with the result that the Western Australian Museum’sexposure to bad debts is minimal. There are no significant concentrations of credit risk.

Liquidity Risk

The Western Australian Museum has appropriate procedures to manage cash flows including drawdowns of appropriations bymonitoring forecast cash flows to ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet its commitments.

Cash Flow Interest Rate Risk

The Western Australian Museum exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relate primarily to cash and cashequivalents and restricted cash as the Museum’s operating bank account earns interest. Refer to note 33(b) for details of theweighted average effective interest rate.


(b) Financial Instrument disclosures

Financial instrument information for the year ended 2005 has been presented under the previous AGAAP AustralianAccounting Standard AAS 33 ‘Presentation and Disclosure of Financial Instruments’. Financial instrument information from1 July 2005 has been prepared under AASB 132 ‘Financial Instruments: Presentation’ and AASB 139 ‘FinancialInstruments: Recognition and Measurement’. See also note 2(v) ‘Comparative Figures’.

Interest Rate Risk Exposure

The following table details the Western Australian Museum’s exposure to interest rate risk as at the reporting date:

Fixed Interest Rate Maturity

Weighted Variable Less 1 to 5 More Non- TotalAverage Interest than 1 Years than 5 InterestEffective Rate Year Years BearingInterest

Rate2006 % $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000

5.47

Financial Assets

Cash & cash equivalents 3,138 - - - - 3,138

Restricted cash & cash equivalents 416 - - - - 416

Receivables - - - - 667 667

Amounts receivable for services - - - - 330 330

Other Current Assets - - - - 116 116

3,554 - - - 1,113 4,667

Financial Liabilities

Payables - - - - 242 242

Other current liabilities - - - - 135 135

- - - - 377 377

2005

5.83

Financial assets 4,633 - - - 717 5,350

Financial liabilities - - - - 953 953

Fair Values

The carrying amount of financial assets and financial liabilities recorded in the financial statements are not materially differentfrom their net fair values.



34. Remuneration of Members of the Accountable Authority and Senior Officers

Remuneration of Members of the Accountable Authority

The number of members of the Accountable Authority, whose total of fees, salaries, superannuation, non-monetary benefitsand other benefits for the financial year, fall within the following bands are:

2006 2005

$0 - 10,000 8 6

2006 2005

$000 $000

The total remuneration of the members of the Accountable Authority is: 27 26

The total remuneration includes the superannuation expense incurred by theWestern Australian Museum in respect of the Accountable Authority.

No members of the Accountable Authority are members of the Pension Scheme.

Remuneration of Senior Officers

The number of senior officers, other than senior officers reported as members ofthe Accountable Authority, whose total of fees, salaries, superannuation, non-monetary benefits and other benefits for the financial year, fall within thefollowing bands are:

2006 2005

$30,001 - 40,000 - 1

50,001 - 60,000 - 2

80,001 - 90,000 1 -

90,001 - 100,000 - 2

100,001 - 110,000 2 1

110,001 - 120,000 1 2

130,001 - 140,000 1 -

190,001 - 200,000 1 -

2006 2005

$000 $000

The total remuneration of senior officers is: 741 669

The total remuneration includes the superannuation expense incurred by the Western Australian Museum in respect of seniorofficers other than senior officers reported as members of the Accountable Authority.

No senior officers are members of the Pension Scheme.


2006 2005

$000 $000

35. Remuneration of Auditor

Remuneration payable to the Auditor General for the financial year is as follows:

Auditing the accounts, financial statements and performance indicators 33 31

The expense is included at note 9 ‘Other expenses’.

36. Supplementary Financial Information

Write-Offs

Public property written-off by the Minister during the financial year 0 0

Other Supplementary Information

The WA Museum holds shares in a private company received in exchange for the Museum’s support of specific projects.These shares are not recorded in the financial statements, as the measurement of the market value of the shares is notreliable.

37. Output Information

The Western Australian Museum operates under the one output called Museum Services. The information shown in theincome Statement represents the output information.

38. Related and Affiliated Bodies

The Western Australian Museum does not have any Related or Affiliated Bodies under the definitions as outlined in TI 951.



39. Reconciliations explaining the transition to Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards (AIFRS)

RECONCILIATION OF EQUITY AT THE DATE OF TRANSITION TO AIFRS: 1 JULY 2004 (AASB 1.39(a)(i))

Previous GAAP Adjustments Total AIFRS 1 July 2004 Adjustments 1 July 2004

ReclassificationAASB 138Note 39.1a

Note $000 $000 $000 $000

ASSETS

Current Assets

(1) Cash and cash equivalents 6,805 0 0 6,805Restricted cash and cash 1,268 0 0 1,268equivalentsInventories 697 0 0 697

Receivables 346 0 0 346

(2) Amounts receivable for services 336 0 0 336

(3) Other current assets 104 0 0 104

Total Current Assets 9,556 0 0 9,556

Non-Current Assets

(2) Amounts receivable for services 3,820 0 0 3,820

Property, plant and equipment 86,167 (192) (192) 85,975

Intangible assets 0 192 192 192

Total Non-Current Assets 89,987 0 0 89,987

TOTAL ASSETS 99,543 0 0 99,543

Current Liabilities

Payables 296 0 0 296

(4) Other current liabilities 130 0 0 130

Total Current Liabilities 426 0 0 426

Total Liabilities 426 0 0 426

Net Assets 99,117 0 0 99,117

EQUITY

Contributed equity 7,833 0 0 7,833

Reserves 19,729 0 0 19,729

Accumulated surplus/(deficit) 71,555 0 0 71,555(Retained Earnings)

Total Equity 99,117 0 0 99,117

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 99,543 0 0 99,543


(1) Equivalent AGAAP line item ‘Cash assets’ (AIFRS ‘Cash and cash equivalents’)

(2) Equivalent AGAAP line item ‘Amounts receivable for outputs’ (AIFRS ‘Amounts receivable for services’)

(3) Equivalent AGAAP line item ‘Other assets’ (AIFRS ‘Other current assets’)

(4) Equivalent AGAAP line item ‘Other liabilities’ (AIFRS ‘Other current liabilities’)

RECONCILIATION OF EQUITY AT THE END OF THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD UNDER PREVIOUS AGAAP: 30 JUNE 2005 AASB 1.39(a)(ii))

GAAP Adjustments Total AIFRS 1 June 2005 1 June 2005

ReclassificationAASB 138Note 39.1b

Note $000 $000 $000 $000

ASSETS

Current Assets

(1) Cash and cash equivalents 4,281 0 0 4,281

Restricted cash and cash 352 0 0 352equivalents

Inventories 590 0 0 590

Receivables 433 0 0 433

(2) Amounts receivable for 208 0 0 208services

(3) Other current assets 76 0 0 76

Total Current Assets 5,940 0 0 5,940

Non-Current Assets

(2) Amounts receivable for 6,092 0 0 6,092services

Property, plant and 90,961 (96) (96) 90,865equipment

Intangible assets 0 96 96 96

Total Non-Current Assets 97,053 0 0 97,053

TOTAL ASSETS 102,993 0 0 102,993



RECONCILIATION OF EQUITY AT THE END OF THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD UNDER PREVIOUS AGAAP: 30 JUNE 2005 AASB 1.39(a)(ii)) (continued)

GAAP Adjustments Total AIFRS 1 June 2005 1 June 2005

ReclassificationAASB 138Note 39.1b

Note $000 $000 $000 $000

Current Liabilities

Payables 811 0 0 811

(4) Other current liabilities 142 0 0 142

Total Current Liabilities 953 0 0 953

Total Liabilities 953 0 0 953

Net Assets 102,040 0 0 102,040

EQUITY

Contributed equity 11,717 0 0 11,717

Reserves 15,888 0 0 15,888

Accumulated surplus/(deficit) 74,435 0 0 74,435(Retained Earnings)

Total Equity 102,040 0 0 102,040

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 102,993 0 0 102,993

(1) Equivalent AGAAP line item ‘Cash assets’ (AIFRS ‘Cash and cash equivalents’)

(2) Equivalent AGAAP line item ‘Amounts receivable for outputs’ (AIFRS ‘Amounts receivable for services’)(3) Equivalent AGAAP line item ‘Other assets’ (AIFRS ‘Other current assets’)

(4) Equivalent AGAAP line item ‘Other liabilities’ (AIFRS ‘Other current liabilities’)

RECONCILIATION OF INCOME STATEMENT (PROFIT OR LOSS) FOR YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2005 (AASB 1.39(b))

No impacts occurred from adopting AIFRS with respect to the surplus reported in the Income Statement.

RECONCILIATION OF CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2005 (AASB 1.40)

No impacts occurred from adopting AIFRS with respect to the Cash Flow Statement.39.1a Intangible assets (AASB 138)

AASB 138 requires that software not integral to the operation of a computer must be disclosed as intangibleassets. Intangible assets must be disclosed on the balance sheet. All software has previously been classified asproperty, plant and equipment (office equipment).

39.1a Adjustments to opening Balance Sheet (1July 2004)The Western Australian Museum has transferred $192,000 in software from property, plant and equipment tointangible assets.

39.1b Adjustments to 30 June 2005 Balance SheetThe Western Australian Museum has transferred $96,000 in software from property, plant and equipment tointangible assets.


39.2a Employee benefits (AASB 101)AASB 101 requires that a liability must be classified as current where the entity does not have an unconditionalright to defer settlement of the liability for at least 12 months beyond the reporting date. Consequently, all annualleave and long service leave entitlements (unconditional long service leave) must now be classified as current.Non-vested long service leave liability will be non-current to the extent that it does not become unconditionalwithin 12 months from the reporting date.Employment on-costs are not included in employee benefits under AGAAP or IFRS. However, under AGAAPemployee benefits and on-costs were disclosed together on the face of the Income Statement as employee costs.Under IFRS employee benefits will be the equivalent item disclosed on the face. On-costs are transferred toother expenses.The liability for annual leave and long service leave was taken up by the Department of Culture and the Arts in1997/1998.

39.2a Adjustments to opening Balance Sheet (1 July 2004)No adjustments were made to the opening balance sheet in relation to employee benefits as the liability forannual leave and long service leave was taken up by the Department of Culture and the Arts in 1997/1998.

39.2b Adjustments to 30 June 2005 Balance SheetNo adjustments were made to the 30 June 2005 balance sheet in relation to employee benefits as the liability forannual leave and long service leave was taken up by the Department of Culture and the Arts in 1997/1998.


THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM CERTIFICATIONOF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2006

We hereby certify that the performance indicators are based on proper records, are relevant and appropriate forassisting users to assess the Western Australian Museum’s performance, and fairly represent the performance of theWestern Australian Museum for the financial year ended 30 June 2006.


Mr Tim Ungar – Chairman of Trustees


Ms Tracey Horton – Trustee



Explanation

The Western Australian Museumannual budget is included in thebudget statements under theoutcome for the Department forCulture and the Arts (DCA).

DCA Outcome Statement

A community that is informed of,and has access to, a diverse rangeof innovative ideas, knowledge andcultural experiences.

Funds allocated to the Museum areallocated under the DCA Output 3

Output Three – Museum Services

The Western Australian Museumcontributes to this outcome throughthe delivery and promotion ofmuseum services through collectiondevelopment and management,research, education and visitorservices.

Western Australian Museum keyperformance indicators 2005-06

In 2005-06 the Museumcommenced a review of the keyperformance indicators. This workwas undertaken in consultation withthe Office of Auditor General and theDepartment of Culture and the Arts.It is expected that the Museum willcommence reporting on revisedindicators in the 2006-07 Annualreport.

Key effectiveness indicators used in2005-06 were:

• Number of visitors to each site ofthe Museum;

• Number of permanent exhibitions;

• Number of temporary exhibitions;and

• Visitor satisfaction

Relevance

The effectiveness indicators outlinethe number of visitors to the WesternAustralian Museum’s public sitesand the number of permanent andtemporary exhibitions on display.The permanent and temporaryexhibitions on display at theMuseum’s public sites are developedby research, collection developmentand management and exhibition anddesign. All public sites provide arange of education and publicprograms and visitor services.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Attendance figures 2004-2005 and 2005-2006

Public School Groups Totals

Western Australian Museum – annual visitation

2005-2006 801,428 56,193 857,621

2004-2005 810,052 54,732 864,784



This indicator measures the number of visitors to each of the Museum’s sites. It is argued that visitation reflects the ability ofthe Museum to provide relevant and engaging exhibitions and programs.

Table 1 Attendance figures 2004-2006

Table 2 Comparative attendance figures 2004-2006

Key Effectiveness Indicator One – Visitation


● Overall visitation to the WAMuseum’s sites in 2005-06 fell1 per cent short of the targetfigure of 865,000 visitors.

● The Perth site recorded thelargest growth in visitation (33 percent). This result was primarilydue to a successful school holidayperiod over Christmas/New Yearas well as strong visitation to thenew How to Make a Monsterexhibition March – June 2006.

● New exhibitions and programsalso contributed to growth inschool visitation to Geraldton,Perth and Fremantle sites.

● Visitation to the WA MaritimeMuseum (Victoria Quay) was 3 per cent below target.

● Albany and Kalgoorlie visitationresults were down on the previousyear – 15 per cent and 17 percent respectively.

● The Kalgoorlie result matches acorresponding downturn intourism figures to the region andAlbany figures were influenced bya ‘blockbuster’ exhibition hostedthe previous year.

● The Geraldton site experienced aslight increase of 8 per cent onthe previous year. As mentionedabove, an increase in schoolvisitation assisted this resulttogether with an estimated 10-15 per cent growth in tourismfor the region.

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM – PERTH

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun TOTAL

25,396 19,035 25,958 24,437 22,053 19,661 32,310 16,650 22,272 38,622 21,317 23,906 291,617

FREMANTLE HISTORY MUSEUM AND SAMSON HOUSE


3,124 2,353 2,507 2,972 2,720 2,356 3,717 1,954 3,046 3,614 2,535 2,498 33,396

MARITIME MUSEUM VICTORIA QUAY AND SUBMARINE


17,418 16,682 18,340 17,650 14,640 15,337 18,135 11,390 13,979 13,818 13,018 10,682 181,089

SHIPWRECK GALLERIES


12,450 11,544 16,040 15,144 13,220 13,718 15,019 10,780 12,955 13,025 10,858 11,933 156,686

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM – ALBANY


6,251 4,011 6,947 5,975 5,255 6,177 10,563 4,679 5,948 8,740 4,780 3,168 79,494

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM – GERALDTON


3,680 4,061 5,294 6,125 2,856 3,229 3,492 2,188 2,794 4,091 2,435 2,779 43,024

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM – KALGOORLIE


8,099 5,838 10,001 9,893 5,973 5,944 6,251 4,046 5,650 7,160 5,200 5,200 79,255

TOTAL


76,418 63,524 85,087 82,196 66,712 66,422 89,487 51,687 66,644 89,070 60,143 60,166 857,561

Table 3 Overall visitation to WA Museum sites 2005-2006

Key Effectiveness Indicator Two – Exhibitions

Key Effectiveness Indicator Three – Visitor satisfaction

Table 1 Summary of the average satisfaction rating for each Museum site based on mean (average) visitor responses.

This indicator demonstrates the number of exhibitions on display at the Museum’s public sites. A program of engagingtemporary exhibitions attracts repeat visitation and special interest groups to the Museum.

Visitor satisfaction July 2005 – June 2006

2005/2006 Total (n=2,619) Perth Fremantle History Maritime Shipwreck Galleries Albany Geraldton Kalgoorlie

Poor 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.8% - 1.9% - 0.3%

Good 29.0% 47.2% 15.8% 37.9% 31.6% 53.1% 6.9% 10.9%

Very Good 43.7% 46.2% 63.5% 44.0% 45.7% 42.2% 45.4% 21.8%

Excellent 26.8% 6.1% 20.2% 17.2% 22.7% 2.9% 47.7% 67.1%

2005/06 2004/05 2003/04 2002/03

Permanent exhibition 49 49 48 46

Temporary / travelling exhibition 56 57 50 52

Visitor satisfaction July 2004 – June 2005


Poor 1.0% 4.6% - 1.0% - 0.6% 0.5% -

Good 25.4% 42.2% 14.1% 31.9% 21.6% 35.8% 10.2% 19.6%

Very Good 49.0% 43.5% 69.8% 50.0% 56.3% 56.8% 52.4% 22.2%

Excellent 24.7% 9.7% 16.1% 17.1% 22.1% 6.8% 36.8% 58.2%




● The survey involved face to face interviews conducted on a random basis with 2,637 visitors through the period July 2005to June 2006. The survey methodology ensured the Museum obtained a 95% confidence level with a standard error rate ofbetween +/- 1.91 and 1.93. The standard error rate for 2004-05 was 1.95 per cent. The refusal rate by visitors asked toundertake the survey in 2005-06 was 4.87 per cent.

● The satisfaction ratings are from a sample survey of the 857,561 visitors to the Western Australian Museum in 2005/2006.

Visitor ratings of Museum staff July 2005 – June 2006


Poor 0.1% - 0.3% - 0.3% - - -

Good 13.3% 18.4% 3.5% 13.5% 11.4% 30.2% 6.8% 8.1%

Very Good 32.3% 36.3% 33.3% 32.4% 27.7% 44.8% 33.2% 18.7%

Excellent 53.7% 44.0% 62.9% 53.3% 59.0% 24.9% 58.9% 73.2%

Not 0.7% 1.3% - 0.8% 1.7% - 1.1% -

applicable

Visitor ratings of range and quality of exhibits July 2005 – June 2006


Needs lot of 0.3% 0.5% 0.3% 0.5% - 0.8% - -

improvement

Needs some 2.8% 4.0% 3.0% 5.6% 1.1% 3.6% 1.8% 0.5%

improvement

Adequate 4.7% 8.8% 4.2% 3.2% 4.7% 6.9% 1.6% 3.8%

Good 26.3% 42.7% 19.9% 26.9% 19.9% 40.4% 14.2% 19.3%

Very Good 65.8% 44.0% 72.3% 63.8% 74.2% 48.3% 82.4% 76.4%

Table 2 Satisfaction ratings for Museum staff for each Museum site.

Table 3 Summarises visitor ratings for each Museum site in relation to the range and quality of exhibits.

Efficiency Indicators

DCA Output Three - Museum ServicesThe Western Australian Museum contributes to this outcome through the delivery and promotion of museum services throughcollection development and management, research, education and visitor services.The efficiency indicators reflect the total full accrual costs of the Museum.

Key Efficiency Indicator One: Cost per visitorThis demonstrates the cost per visitor to the Museum. This indicator provides a guide as to the efficiency with which theMuseum is providing services to visitors.

2005/06 2004/05 2003/04 2002/03

Cost per visitor $19.95 $22.05 $22.25 $18.33

Key Efficiency Indicator Two: Cost of Permanent ExhibitionsExhibitions are a core function of the Museum and this ratio provides an indication of the standard of permanent exhibitionmaintenance.

2005/06 2004/05 2003/04 2002/03

Cost of Permanent Exhibitions $40,099 $38,358 $41,277 $44,285

The increased cost of permanent exhibitions reflects the increase in maintenance of permanent exhibitions compared to theprior year.

Key Efficiency Indicator Three: Cost of Other ExhibitionsTemporary exhibitions are an important component in facilitating repeat visitation to the Museum. This indicator is a ratio ofthe cost of temporary exhibitions across all sites.

2005/06 2004/05 2003/04 2002/03

Cost of Temporary Exhibitions $32,727 $29,157 $35,107 $34,125

This ratio has increased as there was a reduction in the number of temporary exhibitions compared to the prior year.

Key Efficiency Indicator Four: Cost per InquiryThe Museum’s professional staff provide information in response to public inquiries. This indicator is the cost of providinginformation per inquiry.

2005/06 2004/05 2003/04 2002/03

Cost per Inquiry $72.37 $251.09 $42.77 $27.59

This ratio has decreased because the number of inquiries in the previous year was significantly lower due to the majority ofstaff being involved with the relocation of the collection from Perth site to the Collection and Research Centre. This yearsfigure represents a fair indication of the amount of Museum staff time involved with public inquiries.

Key Efficiency Indicator Five: Cost per Items MaintainedThe cost of maintaining the Museum’s collections is central to its operations. This indicator is the ratio of collection itemsmaintained to the cost involved in maintaining the collections.

2005/06 2004/05 2003/04 2002/03

Cost per Item Maintained $1.52 $1.44 $1.55 $1.67

The number of items maintained refers to the documentation and registration of collection items in the Museum’s data bases.




The Western Australian Museum

The Museum Act

The Museum Act 1969 section 9sets out the functions of theMuseum. These are summarisedas:

(a) to encourage, and to providefacilities for, the wider educationof the community of the State,through the display and otheruse of collections and throughknowledge derived fromcollections;

(b) to make and preserve on behalfof the community of the Statecollections representative of theAborigines of the State, thehistory of exploration, settlementand development of the State,the natural history of the State;

(c) to preserve on behalf of thecommunity any remains ofwrecks, archaeological oranthropological sites, or otherthings of special national or localinterest;

(d) to aid the advancement ofknowledge through research intocollections and by publishing theresults of research;

(e) to provide facilities to encourageinterest in the culture and historyof the Aborigines of the State, inthe history and natural history ofthe State;

(f) to aid the work of universities,State and Commonwealthinstitutions and schools;

(g) to train employees in themaking, caring for, researchinginto and the employment ofeducation of collections of theMuseum.

Governance and Management

The Western Australian Museum isestablished under the Museum Act1969 and is a statutory authoritywithin the arts portfolio. It is a bodycorporate with Perpetual Successionand Common Seal, governed by aBoard of seven Trustees, includingthe Chair and Vice-Chair. TheGovernor of Western Australiaappoints the seven Trustees.Appointments are made for up tofour years and incumbents areeligible for reappointment.

The Trustees are the AccountableAuthority for the purposes of theFinancial Administration and AuditAct 1985.

Western Australian Museum Trustees

• Dr Ken Michael AM CitWABE(Hons) DIC PhD FTSHonFIEAust FCIT FAIM (Chair until4 November 2005)

• Mr Tim Ungar BEc MAICD FAIM(Chair from January 2006)

• Professor Lyn Beazley MA(Hons)PhD

• Mr Alastair Bryant BBus (exofficio)

• Mr Edward Tait BA(Econs)

• Mr Peter Yu

• Ms Kate George LLB (untilDecember 2005)

• Ms Jude Leon BA MastersStrategic Marketing

• Emeritus Professor Geoffrey BoltonAO CitWA

• Mrs Tracey Horton MBA, B econ(Hons)

The Western Australian Museum

The purpose of the WesternAustralian Museum is to:

● investigate, document andshowcase the enormous wealthand diversity of this State’s naturaland social history in order to knowand value the past, enhance andattend to the present, and respondto the challenges of the future;

● enrich the cultural life of the Stateby offering a multiplicity ofauthoritative views on WesternAustralia’s unique stories – itsland, history, people and role inthe region;

● incorporate a strategic collectionand research focus withexhibitions and public programsthat are experiential, exciting andinnovative; and

● inspire discovery across diverseaudiences, offering a forum fordebate on issues that areimportant to, and impact onsociety and the community.

The major functional areas of theMuseum are:

• Collection and ContentDevelopment;

• Collection Management andConservation;

• Exhibition, Design and PublicPrograms;

• Commercial Operations; and• Strategic Planning and Policy

Development.


WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM FOUNDATION

The Western Australian MuseumFoundation’s role is to encourageinvestment in the Museum throughsponsorships, direct donations, giftsand bequests. To achieve this, theFoundation works hard to establishrelationships and partnerships withboth individual donors and corporatepartners.

For the Museum, the past year hasbeen one of transition to meet thechallenges of its new focus – a newMuseum for Western Australia. Inturn, the Foundation’s focus hasbeen on intensifying its engagementwith individuals and members ofthe corporate sector, to align withthe community’s increasing interestin the State’s environmental andsocial well-being.

The Foundation continued to receivestrong interest from the Museum’ssupporters and prospective partnersthroughout the year. (The full list ofsupporters to the Western AustralianMuseum is shown at Appendix A)

The Foundation thanks all of theMuseum’s generous supporters fortheir ongoing commitment andenthusiasm, without which thediverse program of activities couldnot be sustained.

Western Australian MuseumFoundation Board of Governors

• Sir Charles Court AK KCMG OBECitWA (Patron)

• Mr John Poynton AM CitWABComm FAICD FAIM SF Fin Chair

• Hon. Julie Bishop MP FederalMember for Curtin, Minister forEducation, Science and Training,Minister Assisting the PrimeMinister on Women’s Issues

• Dr Dawn Casey PSM FAHA (exofficio)

• Hon. Richard Court AC

• Mr Geoff Duncan

• Mr Darcy Farrell (to March 2006)

• COMM Michael Gangemi OAM JP

• Ms Tracey Horton MAICD BEc(Hons) MBA

• Dr Ken Michael AC CitWA BE(Hons) DIC PhD FTS HonFIEAustFCIT FAIM. (Trustees’representative to December 2005)

• Mr Tim Ungar BEc MAICD FAIM(and Trustees’ representative fromNovember 2005)

Foundation partners

The Western Australian MuseumFoundation gratefully acknowledgesthe support of the following partners:

Patron

• Kailis Australian Pearls• Royal Australian Navy• Shell Development (Australia) Pty

Ltd• Woodside Energy Limited

Benefactor

• Argyle Diamonds• Australia II Jubilee Challenge 2001

Inc.• Australian Government

Department of Defence• North West Shelf Shipping Service

Company Pty Ltd• Rio Tinto WA Future Fund• The West Australian• Water Corporation

Founder• 6IX• Alcoa Foundation

– Kolichis, Mr Nicholas • Alcoa of Australia• Channel Seven Perth Pty Ltd• Fremantle Ports• Gatecrasher Advertising• Geraldton Newspapers Ltd• Kailis Bros Pty Ltd• Kailis Consolidated Pty Ltd• Kailis and France Holdings Pty Ltd• Lionel Samson and Son Pty Ltd• MG Kailis Group• Sadleirs Transport• Sealanes Pty Ltd• Western Australian Fishing

Industry Council• WMC

– Sir Lindesay Clark Trust Fund

Donor

• King, Mr Dennis (Dec’d)• MacLeod, Dr Ian

Phelps, Mrs Ruth• Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale• Tenix Defence Pty Ltd

– Marine Division

Member

• 92.9• Broadwater Hotels and Resorts• Buena Vista International

(Australia)• Binney and Smith (Crayola)• Hasluck, Mrs Sally Anne• Horton, Mrs Tracey and

Mr Jonathon• Michael, Dr Ken and Mrs Julie• Miller, Dr Stuart and Mrs Jan• Moore Stephens• Skippers Aviation• Telstra Country Wide• Ungar, Mr Tim• Val Morgan Cinema Network


FRIENDS OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

Friends of the Western AustralianMuseum Inc was established in1995 as a way for members to gaina greater appreciation of WA’s richnatural and cultural heritage.Friends develop a diverse programof social and educational activities tobroaden the appeal of the Museumto the wider community and help tomaintain the Museum’s profile inWestern Australia’s cultural arena.

Friends continue to support andpromote all metropolitan and regionalsites of the Western AustralianMuseum. Membership numbersremain stable at 108 membershipsplus 52 honorary members.

All new exhibitions, school holidayprograms and other Museumactivities are publicised and offeredin advance, often with special offers,to Friends. Limited opportunities toattend special exhibition launchesare available to Friends and specialoffers are negotiated for events andactivities throughout the Museum.

President, John Morhall was re-elected unopposed at Friends’ 2005annual general meeting held on27th October 2005 at the ShipwreckGalleries, Fremantle.

Due to work commitments, MrMorhall was unable to attend somemeetings and Brian Davies steppedin as acting president for somemonths in 2006.

At the AGM the following Friendscouncillors were re-elected: MissEthel Lucas, Mr Lawrence Swain,Honorary Friends Representative, MrAlastair Bryant, TrusteesRepresentative, Dr Dawn Casey,Chief Executive Officer, Mrs AngelaAnderson, Ms Janet Bastyan and MrBrian Davies, Vice President. Ms.Anne Newman and Ms. JenniferNicholson were elected unopposedat the AGM. Nick Mayman, havingretired from the Museum, has beenreplaced as ExecutiveRepresentative by Tony Bonney,Manager of Perth site. Councilmeets bi-monthly.

Ms Sara Meagher stepped downfrom the role of honorarysecretary/treasurer after ten years,having been instrumental in theestablishment of Friends and havinggiven enormous service in that time.Sara was officially acknowledgedand farewelled at the Friends 10thAnniversary garden party. Morethan 50 guests celebrated in theMeagher Courtyard, Perth site.

Following the relocation volunteerprogram, a number of Friendscontinued as volunteers in someMuseum departments assisting withthe completion of the RelocationProgram. Two regular weeklyvolunteers, Joanne Dumaresq andAnne Newman continue great workin the Friends Office.

Activities held over the past yearincluded an astronomical eveningorganised and hosted by BrianDavies and a floor talk by BrettNannup on the artists of theCarrolup School. Friends attended anumber of launches including theIt’s a Dog’s Life, How to Make aMonster, and Captured In Colour,and meet the speaker events afterMuseum @ Work lectures, indicatingthe appeal of diversity of exhibitionsand events offered by the Museum.

Friends have once again supportedthe Museum @ Work program.Friends are sent advance noticeprograms and encouraged to informothers in their communities. Allattendees are encouraged to joinFriends for further involvement inthe Museum.

The Friends program of activitiesthroughout 2005-2006 has givenmembers the opportunity toparticipate in and enjoy a broadrange of educational and socialevents linked in various ways to theWestern Australian Museum. It isthe generous support of theMuseum staff, Friends Councilmembers and volunteers, who havewillingly given their time and sharedtheir expertise, which has made allthese events possible. Theinvaluable contribution of all thoseinvolved is greatly appreciated, as, ofcourse, is the support of the Friendsthemselves.


ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

Office of the CEOCollection Management

and ConservationExecutive Director

Exhibition and Designand Public Programs

Director

CEODepartment of Culture

and the Arts

Board of Trustees

Minister for Cultureand the Arts

Commercial Operationsand Visitor Services

Director

Collections and ContentDevelopment

Executive Director

Executive OfficerTrustees

Ministerial Liaisonand Co-ordination

ManagerCollection FacilitiesManagement and

Compliance

ManagerPublic Program

Development andCo-ordination

ManagerCommercial Operations

Café Catering

CuratorAquatic Zoology

DirectorStrategic Planning and

Policy DevelopmentMinor and Major

Capital WorksRecords Management

Human RelationsFacilities Management

(Non-collections)Security

Government Relations

Media Relations

Principal AuthorMaritime History and

Archaeology

ManagerCollection Management

Information Systemand Registration

Collection Valuation

ManagerEducation and

Professional ProgramDevelopment and

Co-ordination

LibrarianLibrary

ManagerExhibition Design,Construction and

MultimediaDevelopment

ManagerRetail Operations

E CommerceCurator

Terrestrial Invertebrates

ManagerVenue and Bookings

CuratorTerrestrial Vertebrates

DirectorConservation

ManagerProject Managementand Programming

Temporary, PermanentExhibitions and

Publications

ManagerVisitors Services

Audience Research

ManagerMuseum Assistance

Program

ManagerPublications and

Paperbased ProductDevelopment

ManagerMarketing

Director/Senior CuratorEarth and Planetary

SciencesPalaeontology

ManagerAlbany Museum

ManagerWelcome Walls Curator

HistoryMaritime History, Social

History, IndigenousHistory, Pastoral and

Industry History

ManagerGeraldton Museum

ManagerKalgoorlie/Boulder

Museum

ManagerPerth Museum

ManagerShipwreck Galleries,Maritime Museum,

Submarine, FremantleHistory Museum,

Historic Boats, SamsonHouse

CuratorAnthropology

Maritime ArchaeologyArchaeology

Administration of HistoricShipwrecks Act

Administration of Sites ofSignificance

Repatriation Program

Foundation

Friends


Attachments

FellowsMr John Bannister MA FLS FZSSir Charles Court AK KCMG OBEMr Koichiro Ejiri ACHon. Mr Justice Kennedy BA LLB BCLDr W. D. L. (David) Ride AM MA DPhil

Honorary Associates Mr Kim Akerman BScMr Graham Anderton BEd TeachCert

DipPhysEd HTCDr Basil E. Balme BSc PhD DScMr John Bannister MA FLS FZSMr Hugh J. W. Barnes Dr Paddy Berry BSc(Hons) MSc PhDDr Phil Bland PhD Professor Walter Bloom Professor Geoffrey Bolton AO MA DPhil

CitWAMr Darren Brooks Dr Alanah Buck PhD Dr Andrew Burbidge BSc(Hons) PhDMr C. R. (Robert) Burgess Mr W. H. (Harry) Butler CBE CitWAMs Rinske Car Driesens AAICCMMr Ken Colbung AM MBE JPMr Peter Coppin BEMMr Mark Cowan Dr Ian Crawford BA(Hons)

DipPrehistoricArchaeol MA PhDMr Mark Creasy Dr Tony Cunningham PhD Professor John de Laeter AO BSc(Hons)

BEd(Hons) PhD DScMr John Dell Mr Thomas Dercksen Ms Frances Dodds Dr Stefan Eberhard Mr Hugh Edwards Mr Rob Foulds BA DipEd GradDipAppScDr Leonard Freedman BSc PhDAssociate Professor Emilio Ghisalberti

BSc(Hons) PhDMr Geoff Glazier Professor John Glover BSc(Hons) PhDMr Philippe Godard Professor Richard Gould PhD Mr Ted Graham Mrs Glad Hansen Ms Sally Anne Hasluck Ms Joy Hewitt Mr David Hutchison BEng(Hons) BA DipEdDr Hugh Jones LRCP (Lon.) MRCS (Eng);

MDDr Simon Judd PhDDr Peter Kendrick PhDMr Kevin F. Kenneally AM Professor Kim Kirsner BSc BComm PhDMr Nicholas Kolichis Ms Billie Lefroy Ms Jane Lefroy Mr G. A. Lodge Mr Alan LongbottomDr G. J. H. (Joe) McCall DSc PhDMr R. P. (Peter) McMillan AM DFC BSc

MSc

Associate Professor Kenneth McPhersonPhD

Ms Mary Macha Professor A. R. (Bert) Main CBE FAA

BSc(Hons) PhDMr Kevin Morgan BScMr Hugh Morrison Dr David Pearson Emeritus Professor John Penrose PhDDr Phillip Playford AM BSc(Hons) PhD DScMr R. (Brian) Pope BA(Hons) MPhilMr Ed Punchard Mr Richard Rennie Dr Geoff Richardson BSc(Hons) PhDMr Frank Richmond Dr J. D. (Dale) Roberts PhDMr Bruce Robinson BSc(Hons)Mr Robin Roe Mr Colin S. Sanders BSc(Hons) MScMr Jon Sanders AO OBEMs Lamberta Schekkerman Dr Mikael Siversson PhDMr Laurie Smith Mr Tom A Smith Mr Craig Somerville BA (Anthrop. History)Mr Roy Teale Mr Kerry Thom Ms Heather Tunmore Mr David Vaughan Mr Brian Vine Mr Louis Warren AM Professor Philip Withers BSc(Hons) PhDMs Jill Worsley DipTeach BA

GradDipMarArchDr Barbara York Main BSc(Hons) PhD

Research AssociatesDr Gerald R. Allen PhDMr Danilo Harms Dr Peter Morrison PhDProfessor Brian Morton PhDMr Michael Rix Mr Christopher Taylor

Western Australian Museum –Maritime Archaeology AdvisoryCommitteeProfessor Geoffrey Bolton AO MA DPhil

CitWA (Chair)Mr Ian Baxter Dr Ian Crawford BA(Hons)

DipPrehistoricArchaeol MA PhDProfessor David S. Dolan Professor John Penrose Mr John Morhall Mr Clive Tolley (MAAWA representative)Dr Chris Simpson Dr Steve Newman

Western Australian Museum –Australia Netherlands CommitteeOn Old Dutch ShipwrecksDr John Bach OAM (Australia

representative) Prof Geoffrey Bolton AO MA DPhil CitWA

(Australia representative)

Dr Th. J. Maarleveld (Netherlandsrepresentative)

Mr Joost Kirkwager (Netherlandsrepresentative)

Mr Kevin Keefee (Commonwealthrepresentative)

Western Australian Museum –Maritime Museum AdvisoryCommitteeMr Ray Glickman (Chair)Dr Nonja Peters Mrs Pat Barblett Mr David Lynn Mr Ron Packer Hon Richard Court ACProfessor Geoff Shellam Ms Jaime Phillips Mr Warwick Gately AM Ms Astrid Norgard Professor Geoff Bolton AO MA DPhil CitWA

(Trustee Representative)Dr Dawn Casey PSM FAHA (Chief Executive

Officer, WA Museum)Ms Lisa Williams (Manager, Fremantle

Sites)

Western Australian Museum –Albany Advisory CommitteeCouncillor Bob Emery Ms Ainslie Evans Dr Barbara Cook Mr Chris Gunby (Chair)Ms Vernice Gillies Mr Digger Cleak OAMMs Annette Davis Mr Malcolm Traill

Western Australian Museum –Geraldton Advisory CommitteeMr Allan Gronow (Chair)Mr Bob Urquhart (Deputy Chair)Professor Lyn Beazley (Trustees

Representative)Cr Ron Ashplant Dr Mort Harslett Mr Graham Eaton Ms Vicki Petersen (Mayor of Geraldton)Ms Vicki Martyn Dr Geoff Deacon

Western Australian Museum –Kalgoorlie-Boulder AdvisoryCommitteeMr Barry Kingston (Chair)Ms Vicki Northey (Director Exhibition,

Design and Public Programmes)Mr Frank Andinach (Member)Mr David Johns (Member)Ms Barbara Piercey (Member)Mr Geoffrey Stokes (Member)

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VolunteersMr Don Alexander Mr Peter Balalas Ms Annie Boyd Mr David Briegal Mr Tim Burton BSc (Hons)Ms Lily Bux Mr Mark Cawthorne Mr Andrew Cummings Mr Jon Davison Ms Audrey Dockery Ms Caitlin Dorrington Mr John Eade Mr Amit Elivahu Mr John Gorham Mr Silvano Jung Mr Graeme Lauritson Mr John Lukins Ms Odette Margot Mr John McArthur Mr Albert Miles Mr Martin Navarro Ms Anne Newman (to 12.05)Ms Jennifer Nicholson Ms Elaine Oldham (to 12.05)Ms Hilary Oliver Mr Geoff Parker Mr Sim Prall Ms Karen Riley Ms Fairlie Sawday Mr Bob Sexton Mr Stephen Smith Ms Isabel Struthers Ms Caitlin Syme Ms Sophie Teede Mr Jeff Thompson Mr Brad Williams Mr Trevor Winton Mrs Jill and Mr Peter Worsley

Staff Membership of ExternalProfessional CommitteesStaff members provide expert advicethrough their positions on the followingcommittees:Ross Anderson, Member, Advisory Council

for Underwater ArchaeologyRoss Anderson, President, Australasian

Institute for Maritime Archaeology Stephen Anstey, Chair,

LotteryWest/Museums Australia CulturalHeritage Interpretation GrantsAssessment Committee

Stephen Anstey, Member, AdvisoryCommittee, Edith Cowan UniversityCertificate of Museum Studies

Walter Bloom, Editor, Perth NumismaticSociety Journal

Walter Bloom, Member, Editorial Board,Journal of the Numismatic Association ofAustralia

Walter Bloom, President, Perth NumismaticSociety

Walter Bloom, Section Author, InternationalSurvey of Numismatic Research (2002-2007)

W. Bloom, Western Australian Delegate,Council of the Numismatic Association ofAustralia

Ann Delroy, Member, State Rail HeritageSteering Committee

Ann Delroy, WA Convenor, HistoriansSpecial Interest Group, MuseumsAustralia

Paul Doughty, Adjunct Lecturer, Universityof Western Australia

Paul Doughty, Coordinator, WA Museum’sAlcoa Frog Watch programme

Paul Doughty, President, Australian Societyof Herpetologists

Paul Doughty, Sectional Editor (TerrestrialVertebrates), Records of the WAMuseum

Volker Framenau, Editor, AustralasianArachnology

Volker Framenau, Editorial Board (Englishtexts), Korean Arachnology

Volker Framenau, Subject Editor‘Lycosoidea’, Zootaxa

Jane Fromont, Committee Member, RottnestIsland Marine Strategy Working Group

Jane Fromont, Museum Governor, WesternAustralia Marine Science Institute

Jane Fromont, Steering Committee,Management of Bioeroding Sponges inWild Stocks of Pinctada maxima inWestern Australia

Jane Fromont, Whole of Team Member,Securing WA’s Marine Futures

Matthew Gainsford, Newsletter Editor,Maritime Archaeological Association ofWestern Australia

Ian Godfrey, Chair, Biological and PhysicalSciences Consultative Committee, EdithCowan University

Jeremy Green, Advisory Editor, InternationalJournal of Nautical Archaeology

Jeremy Green, Chair, ECOR MaritimeArchaeology Working Group

Jeremy Green, Joint Editor, AustralasianInstitute for Maritime ArchaeologyBulletin

Jeremy Green, Research Associate, Institutefor Nautical Archaeology

Jeremy Green, State Councillor, AustralasianInstitute for Maritime Archaeology

Mark Harvey, Arachnology NomenclatureCommittee to advise InternationalCommission on Zoological Nomenclature

Mark Harvey, Systematics Editor, Journal ofArachnology

Mark Harvey, Vice-President, InternationalSociety of Arachnology

Mark Harvey, W.A. Scientific AdvisoryCommittee for Threatened EcologicalCommunities

Mark Harvey, W.A. Threatened SpeciesScientific Committee

Terry Houston, Secretary, W.A. Insect StudySociety

Terry Houston, W.A. Threatened SpeciesScientific Committee

Ric How, Course Advisor, Edith CowanUniversity, School of Natural Sciences

Ric How, IUCN Australian Marsupial andMonotreme Specialist Group

Ric How, IUCN Australian Reptile andAmphibian Specialist Group

Ric How, Perth Zoological GardensResearch Committee

Bill Humphreys, Board Member, Centre forGroundwater Studies

Bill Humphreys, Editorial Board, Journal ofSubterranean Biology

Bill Humphreys, Editorial Board, Records ofthe WA Museum

Bill Humphreys, Executive Member, Societyfor Subterranean Biology

Bill Humphreys, Freshwater Protected AreasWorking Group, Australian Society ofLimnology

Bill Humphreys, North West Cape KarstManagement Advisory Committee

Bill Humphreys, W.A. Threatened EcologicalCommunities Advisory Committee

Barry Hutchins, National Scientific Advisorand Member, Australian AnglersAssociation’s Records Authority

Barry Hutchins, State Representative,Committee for Standard Names ofAustralian Fishes

Barry Hutchins, State Representative,Threatened Fishes Committee

Barry Hutchins, WA MuseumRepresentative, Abrolhos IslandsManagement Advisory Committee

Dawn Casey, Member, University of WesternAustralia Senate

Dawn Casey, Member, Nature BasedTourism Advisory Committee

Dawn Casey, Member, Council of AustralianMuseum Directors

Dawn Casey, Chairperson, Centre forCultural Materials Conservation,

Dawn Casey, Member, Australian Centre forChristianity and Culture

Dawn Casey, Deputy Chairperson, BuildingCommittee for the Australian Centre forChristianity and Culture

Dawn Casey, Member, Centre for PublicCulture and Ideas Advisory Committee,Griffiths University

Dawn Casey, Member, Museums AustraliaIndigenous Standing Committee

Dawn Casey, Member, Museums AustraliaPolicy Standing Committee

Dawn Casey, Member, Centre for AppliedHistory and Heritage Studies AdvisoryCommittee. Queensland University

Dawn Casey, Member, Indigenous WorkingParty of the Australian Dictionary ofBiography, Australian National University

Diana Jones, Executive Member, ChevronQuarantine Advisory Committee

Diana Jones, Executive Member,ChevronTexaco Quarantine Expert Panel

Attachments


Diana Jones, Executive Member, TerraAustralis Committee

Diana Jones, Member, Chevron ConsultativePanels for the Prevention of MarineIncursions

Diana Jones, Member, Chevron TexacoQuarantine Consultative Panels for thePrevention of Marine Incursions

Diana Jones, Steering Committee, SecuringWA’s Marine Futures

Diana Jones, State Representative,Australian Marine InvertebrateTaxonomists Group

Diana Jones, Subject Editor ‘Cirripedia’,Zootaxa

Bill Leonard, Companion of the Institute ofNaval Architects Inc

Ian MacLeod, Australian American CatalinaMemorial Foundation

Ian MacLeod, Editorial Board, Reviews inConservation

Ian MacLeod, Member of the Burrup RockArt Monitoring Reference Committee

Michael McCarthy, Editor, AustralasianInstitute for Maritime ArchaeologyNewsletter

Michael McCarthy, State Councillor,Australasian Institute for MaritimeArchaeology

Sue Morrison, Secretary and Life Member,Western Australian UnderwaterPhotographic Society Inc

Sue Morrison, Steering Committee,Development of Biodiversity and HabitatMonitoring Systems for Key TrawlFisheries in Western Australia

Jen Rodrigues, Secretary, AustralasianInstitute for Maritime Archaeology

Shirley Slack-Smith, Patron, WesternAustralian Shell Club

Corioli Souter, Senior Tutor, AustralasianInstitute for Maritime Archaeology/Nautical Archaeology Society

Myra Stanbury, Joint Editor, AustralasianInstitute for Maritime ArchaeologyBulletin

Melissa Titelius, WA Museum Observer,Marine Parks and Reserves Authority

Western Australian MuseumPublicationsWestern Australian Museum Annual Report

2004/05ANZANG Nature Exhibition catalogue

Matthew Flinders and his ScientificGentlemen, edited by Juliet Wege, AlexGeorge, Jan Gathe, Kris Lemson andKath Napier

Gogo fish! The story of the WesternAustralian State Fossil Emblem, by JohnLong, reprinted 2005

Journal of the Royal Society of WA Vol 87Part 3







The WA Naturalist Journal Vol 25 Part 1The WA Naturalist Journal Vol 25 Part 2

Records of the WA Museum Vol 23 Part 1Records of the WA Museum Vol 23 Part 2

(in press)Records of the WA Museum Suppl No. 68Records of the WA Museum Suppl No. 67

(reprint – in press)Marine Flora and Fauna of Esperance, WA

Vols 1 and 2

Stromatolites reprintDinonews Issue 21Russian Settlements in WA bookletWA Museum Centre for Ancient Egyptian

Studies News Magazine Issue 4 –Summer 2005

Research PublicationsAdams, M. and Cooper, N.K. (2005). A

molecular genetic and morphologicalappraisal of a distinctive form of thesandy inland mouse, Pseudomyshermannsburgensis. Western AustralianNaturalist 24: 216-231.

Anderson, R., Harvey, P. and Philippou, C.(2006). Innovative approaches inUnderwater Cultural HeritageManagement. In Staniforth, & Nash, M.(eds), Maritime Archaeology: AustralianApproaches, The Plenum Series inUnderwater Archaeology: 137-150.Springer, New York.

Bevan, A.W.R. (2006). Desert meteorites: ahistory. In McCall, G.J.H., Bowden, A.J.and Howarth, R.J. (eds), The History ofMeteoritics and Key MeteoriteCollections: Fireballs, Falls and Finds:325-343. Geological Society, London,Special Publications, volume 256.

Bevan, A.W.R. (2006). The WesternAustralian Museum meteorite collection.In McCall, G.J.H., Bowden, A.J. andHowarth, R.J. (eds), The History ofMeteoritics and Key MeteoriteCollections: Fireballs, Falls and Finds:305-323. Geological Society, London,Special Publications, volume 256.

Bevan, A.W.R. and Griffin, B.J. (2006). TheBunjil L6(S4) ordinary chondrite, a newmeteorite find from Western Australia.Journal of the Royal Society of WesternAustralia 89:13-16.

Bland, P.A., Spurny, P., Bevan A.W.R.,Smith, T., Borovicka, J. and McLafferty,T. (2005). The Desert Fireball Network: anew camera network in the WesternAustralian Nullarbor. Meteoritics andPlanetary Science 40 (Supplement):A20.

Chen, Z.Q. and McNamara, K.J. (2006).End-Permian extinction and subsequentrecovery of the Ophiuroidea(Echinodermata): Challenge andopportunity. Palaeogeography,Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoceanography236: 321-344.

Chenoweth, S.F., Doughty, P. and Kokko, H.(2006). Can non-directional male matingpreferences facilitate honest femaleornamentation? Ecology Letters 9:179-184.

Cho, J.-L., Humphreys, W.F. and Lee, S.-D.(2006). Phylogenetic relationships withinthe genus Atopobathynella Schminke,1973 (Bathynellacea, Parabathynellidae):with the description of six new speciesfrom Western Australia. InvertebrateSystematics 20: 9-41.

Cho, J.-L., Park, J.-G. and Humphreys, W.F.(2005). A new genus and six newspecies of the Parabathynellidae(Bathynellacea, Syncarida) from theKimberley Region, Western Australia.Journal of Natural History 39: 2225-2255.

Cooper, N.K., Withers, P.C. and Stewart, T.(2005). Description of sternal glands inWestern Australian Sminthopsis andNingaui (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae).Journal of the Royal Society of WesternAustralia 88: 45-49.

Cooper, N.K., How, R.A. and Desmond, A.(2006). Probable local extinction of thebush rat, Rattus fuscipes on East Wallabiisland in the Houtman Abrolhos. WesternAustralian Naturalist 25: 61-71.

Downes, P.J., Wartho, J.-A., & Griffin, B. J.(2006). Magmatic evolution and ascenthistory of the Aries micaceous kimberlite,central Kimberley Basin, WesternAustralia: Evidence from zonedphlogopite phenocrysts, and UV laser40Ar/39Ar analysis of phlogopite-biotite.Journal of Petrology published online2nd June.

Eberhard, S.M., Halse, S.A. andHumphreys, W.F. (2005). Stygofauna inthe Pilbara region, north-west WesternAustralia: a systematic review. Journal ofthe Royal Society of Western Australia 88:167-176.

Framenau, V.W. (2005). Gender specificdifferences in activity and home rangereflect morphological dimorphism in wolfspiders (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal ofArachnology 33: 334-346.


Framenau, V.W. (2005). The wolf spidergenus Artoria Thorell (Araneae, Lycosidae)in Australia: new synonyms and generictransfers. Records of the WesternAustralian Museum 22: 265-292.

Framenau, V.W. (2006). Revision of theAustralian wolf spider genus DiahognaRoewer, 1960 (Araneae, Lycosidae).Journal of Natural History 40: 273-292.

Framenau, V.W. and Elgar, M.A. (2005).Cohort dependent life history traits in awolf spider (Araneae, Lycosidae) withbimodal life cycle. Journal of Zoology,London 265: 179-188.

Framenau, V.W. and Yoo, J.-C. (2006).Systematics of the new Australian wolfspider genus Tuberculosa (Araneae,Lycosidae). Invertebrate Systematics 20:185-202.

Green, J.N. (2005). Revisiting the GreatBasses Reef, Sri Lanka. In Bass, G.F.(ed.), Beneath the Seven SeasAdventures with the Institute of NauticalArchaeology: 183-186. Thames andHudson, London.

Green, J.N. (2005). The Japanese Fleet inTruk Lagoon, Micronesia. In Bass G.F.(ed.), Beneath the Seven SeasAdventures with the Institute of NauticalArchaeology: 238-242. Thames andHudson, London.

Green, J.N. (2005). Pursuing SoutheastAsian wrecks: Ko Si chang, Thailand. InBass, G.F. (ed.), Beneath the Seven SeasAdventures with the Institute of NauticalArchaeology: 136-138. Thames andHudson, London.

Green, J.N. (2006). Collaboration within theregion: exchanges of information andtraining in the convention. In Prott, L.(ed.), Finishing the Interrupted Voyage:Papers of the UNESCO Asia-PacificWorkshop on the 2001 Convention onthe Protection of the Underwater CulturalHeritage: 126-134. UNESCO, Bangkokand Institute of Art and Law, London.

Green, J.N. (2006). Nautical archaeology inAustralia, the Indian Ocean and Asia InStaniforth, M. and Nash, M. (eds),Maritime Archaeology AustralianApproaches: 97-110. Plenum Series inUnderwater Archaeology, Springer, NewYork.

Green, J.N. (2006). The Dutch down under:sailing blunders. In Peters, N. (ed.), TheDutch Down Under 1606-2006: 56-71.Wolters Kluwer, Sydney.

Green, J. (2006). Maritime Archaeology inAustralasia: reviews and overviews. InStaniforth, M. and Nash, M. (eds),Maritime Archaeology. AustralianApproaches: 97-109. The Plenum Seriesin Underwater Archaeology, Springer,New York.

Hancock, P.J., Boulton, A.J. andHumphreys, W.F. (2005). Aquifers andhyporheic zones: towards an ecologicalunderstanding of groundwater. TheFuture of Hydrogeology. HydrogeologyJournal 13: 98-111.

Harvey, M.S. (2006). A new species ofLechytia from eastern Australia(Pseudoscorpiones: Lechytiidae).Records of the Western AustralianMuseum 23: 13-18.

Harvey, M.S. (2006). The schizomid faunaof the Arabian Peninsula and Somalia(Arachnida: Schizomida: Hubbardiidae).Fauna of Arabia 21: 167-177.

Head, M.L., Keogh, J.S. and Doughty, P.(2005). Male southern water skinks(Eulamprus heatwolei) use both visualand chemical cues to detect femalesexual receptivity. Acta Ethologica 8: 79-85.

How, R.A., Schmitt, L.H., Teale, R. J. andCowan, M.A. (2006). Appraisingvertebrate diversity on Bonaparte islands,Kimberley, Western Australia. WesternAustralian Naturalist 25: 92-110.

Humphreys, W.F. (2006). Aquifers: theultimate groundwater dependentecosystems. In Eamus, D. (ed.), Specialedition on Groundwater DependentEcosystems. Australian Journal of Botany54: 115-132.

Humphreys, W.F. and Danielopol, D.L.(2006). Danielopolina (Ostracoda,Thaumatocyprididae) on ChristmasIsland, Indian Ocean, a sea mountisland. Crustaceana 78: 1339-1352.

Humphreys, W.F., Shiao, J.C., Iizuka, Y. andWann-NianTzeng, W,-N. (2006). Canotolith microchemistry reveal whether theblind cave gudgeon, Milyeringa veritas(Eleotridae), is diadromous within asubterranean estuary? EnvironmentalBiology of Fishes 75: 439-453.

Hutchins, J.B. (2005). Checklist of marinefishes of the Recherche Archipelago andadjacent mainland waters. In Wells, F.E.,Walker, D.I. and Kendrick, G.A. (eds),The marine flora and fauna of Esperance,Western Australia, volume 2: 425 449.Western Australian Museum, Perth.

Johnstone, R.E., Kirkby, T., Stone, P. andMinton, C. (2005). White-tailed BlackCockatoos: Identification Challenges andChanges in Distribution and Status, andlinks with a community Program -Cockatoo Care. In Gale, C. (ed.),Conserving Carnaby’s Black-CockatooFuture Directions. Proceedings from aconservation symposium, Perth, July2003. Birds Australia, Perth.

Karanovic, I. (2005). Comparativemorphology of the Candoninaeantennnula, with remarks on theancestral state in ostracods and aproposed new terminology. Spixiana 28:141-160.

Karanovic, I. (2005). On the genusStrandesia Stuhlmann, 1888 (Crustacea,Ostracoda, Cyprididae) with descriptionof Strandesia kimberleyi n. sp. and a keyto the extant species of the genus.Contributions to Zoology 74: 77-95.

Karanovic, I. (2005). On the genusTyphlocypris Vejdovsky, 1882 (Crustacea:Ostracoda: Candoninae), with descriptionof two new species. Systematics andBiodiversity 3: 375-406.

Karanovic, T. and Ranga Reddy, Y. (2005).First Haplocyclops Kiefer (Crustacea,Copepoda) from Indian subterraneanwaters: the most reduced free-livingcyclopoid. International Journal ofLimnology 41: 83-92.

Karanovic, T. (2005). Two new genera andthree new species of subterraneancyclopoids (Crustacea, Copepoda) fromNew Zealand, with redescription ofGoniocyclops silvestris Harding, 1958.Contributions to Zoology 74: 223 254.

Karanovic, T. (2005). Two new subterraneanParastenocarididae (Crustacea,Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from WesternAustralia. Records of the WesternAustralian Museum 22: 353-374.

Kariya, Y., Kubota, T., Fromont, J., &Kobayashi, J. (2006). Pyrinadine A, anovel pyridine alkaloid with an azoxymoiety from the sponge Cribrochalina sp.Tetrahedron Letters 47: 997-998.

Kornicker, L.S., Danielopol, D.L. andHumphreys, W.F. (2006). Description ofanchialine ostracode Danielopolina sp.cf. D. kornickeri from Christmas Island,Indian Ocean. Crustaceana 79: 77-88.

MacLeod, I.D. (2005). A new corrosionmechanism for iron shipwrecks inseawater: a study of the Fujikawa Maru(1944) in Chuuk Lagoon, FederatedStates of Micronesia. Preprints for ICOM-CC Triennial Meeting, Den Haag, TheNetherlands, September 2005, 2: 310-316.

MacLeod, I.D. (2005). The decay andconservation of museum objects of tin.Studies in Conservation 50: 1-2.

MacLeod, I.D. (2005). The effects ofmoisture, micronutrient supplies andmicrobiological activity on the surface pHof rocks in the Burrup Peninsula.Preprints for ICOM-CC Triennial Meeting,Den Haag, The Netherlands, September2005, 2b: 386-393.

MacLeod, I.D. (2006). In situ corrosionstudies on wrecked aircraft of theImperial Japanese Navy in ChuukLagoon, Federated States of Micronesia.International Journal of NauticalArchaeology 35.1: 128-136.

McCarthy, M. (2005). Dutch place names inAustralia. In Peters, N. (ed.). The Dutchdown Under, 1606-2006: 26-33. WoltersKluwer, Sydney.

Attachments


McCarthy, M. (2005). Preserving theheritage. In Allibone, T. and Davison, J.(eds), Beneath Southern Seas: the silentservice: 210 217. University of WesternAustralia Press, Nedlands.

McCarthy, M. (2005). Ship’s Fastenings:from sewn boat to steamship. Texas Aand M Press, College Station, USA.

McCarthy, M. (2006). Maritime Archaeologyin Australasia: reviews and overviews. InStaniforth, M. and Nash, M. (eds),Maritime Archaeology. AustralianApproaches: 1-11. The Plenum Series inUnderwater Archaeology, Springer, NewYork.Springer, New York.

McNamara, K.J. and McKinney, M.L.(2005). Heterochrony, disparity andmacroevolution. Paleobiology 31 (2Supplement): 17-26.

McNamara, K.J. (2006). It’s True! We CameFrom Slime. Annick Press, Toronto.

McNamara, K.J. (2006). Evolutionarytrends. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences.John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester.

McNamara, K.J., Yu, F., and Zhou, Z.(2006). Ontogeny and heterochrony inthe oryctocephalid trilobites Changaspis,Duyunaspis and Balangia from the LowerCambrian of China. Palaeontology 48: 1-19.

Murphy, N.P., Framenau, V.W., Donnellan,S.C., Harvey, M.S., Park, Y.C. andAustin, A.D. (2006). Phylogeneticreconstruction of the wolf spiders(Araneae: Lycosidae) using sequencesfrom the 12S rRNA, 28S rRNA andNADH1 genes: implications forclassification, biogeography and theevolution of web building behaviour.Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution 38:583-602.

Rodrigues, J.A. (2005). The archaeology oftrade and exchange: 2005 AIMAConference, Fremantle, WesternAustralia. Nautical Archaeology SocietyNewsletter 2: 10.

Rodrigues, J.A. (2005). Casks from theMary Rose. In Gardiner, J. and Allen,M.J. (eds), Before the Mast, Life andDeath aboard the Mary Rose. TheArchaeology of the Mary Rose Series 4.The Mary Rose Trust Ltd, England.

Rodrigues, J.A. (2005). Staved buckets,tubs and a funnel. In Gardiner, J. andAllen, M.J. (eds), Before the mast, lifeand death aboard the Mary Rose. TheArchaeology of the Mary Rose Series 4.The Mary Rose Trust Ltd, England.

Rundle, H. D., Chenoweth, S.F., Doughty, P.and M. W. Blows (2005). Divergentselection and the evolution of signal traitsand mating preferences. PloS Biology3(11): e368.

Schultz, L., Franke, L. and Bevan A.W.R.(2005). Noble gases in ten Nullarborchondrites: Exposure ages, terrestrialages, and weathering effects. Meteoriticsand Planetary Science 40: 659-664.

Smith, L.A., Johnstone, R.E. and Dell, J.(2005). Vertebrate fauna of the EasternGroup, Archipelago of the Recherche,Western Australia. Western AustralianNaturalist 24: 232-247.

Souter, C. (2005). Protecting Australia’smaritime heritage. H20PS Magazine 2.8:28-31.

Souter, C. (2006). Cultural tourism anddiver education. In Staniforth, M. andNash, M. (eds), Maritime Archaeology:Australian Approaches: 163-176. ThePlenum Series in UnderwaterArchaeology, Springer, New York.

__áhlavsk_, F., Král, J., Harvey, M.S. andHaddad, C.R. (2006). A karyotype studyon the pseudoscorpion familiesGeogarypidae, Garypinidae and Olpiidae(Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones).European Journal of Entomology 103:277-289.

Takahashi, Y., Tsuda, M., Fromont, J., &Kobayashi, J. (2006). Metachromins Jand K, new sesquiterpenoids from themarine sponge Spongia species.Heterocycles 67: 791-796.

Thomas, M.L. and Framenau, V.W. (2005).Foraging decisions of individual workersvary with colony size in the greenheadant Rhytidoponera metallica (Formicidae,Ectatomminae). Insectes Sociaux 52: 26-30.

Tomasiewicz, B. and Framenau, V.W.(2005). Larval chaetotaxy in wolf spiders(Araneae, Lycosidae): systematic insightsat the subfamily level. Journal ofArachnology 33: 415-425.

Ueno, Y., Isozaki, Y. and McNamara, K.J.(2006). Coccoid-like microstructures in a3.0 Ga chert from Western Australia.International Geology Review 48: 78-88.

Usher, K. M., Kuo J., Fromont, J., Toze, S.and Sutton, D.C. (2006). Comparativemorphology of five species of symbioticand non-symbiotic coccoidcyanobacteria. European Journal ofPhycology 41:179-188.

van Duivenvoorde, W. (2005). Capturingcurves and timber with a laser scanner:digital imaging of Batavia. INA Quarterly32.3: 3-6.

van Duivenvoorde, W. (2006). DutchMinistry of Finance violates agreementon submerged cultural heritage. INAQuarterly 33.1: 15-16.

van Duivenvoorde, W. (2005). DoppelteStandards. Zweifache Beplankung imniederländischen Schiffsbau des späten16. und frühen 17. Jahrhunderts.Skyllus, Jahrgang 2002, Heft 2: 112-122.

Watts, C.H.S. and Humphreys, W.F. (2006).Twenty-six new Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) ofthe genera Limbodessus, Guignot andNirripirti Watts and Humphreys, fromunderground waters in Australia.Transactions of the Royal Society ofSouth Australia 130: 123-185.

Zaragoza, J. and Harvey, M.S. (2006). Thefirst record of the genusMundochthonius Chamberlin(Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) fromSpain: Mundochthonius gallaecicus sp.nov. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 12:17-23.

Lectures and Presentations,Unpublished Reports and ConferencePapers

Allford, A., Cooper, S., Guzik, M.,Humphreys, W. and Austin, A. (2005).The ecology of groundwater fauna fromcalcrete aquifers of the Yilgarn Region ofWestern Australia. 7th InvertebrateBiodiversity and ConservationConference (4-9 December), AustralianNational University, Canberra.

Austin, A.D. and Harvey, M.S. (2005).Systematics and biology of theAustralasian Golden Orb-WeavingSpiders. 7th Invertebrate Biodiversity andConservation Conference (4-9December), Australian NationalUniversity, Canberra.

Bevan, A.W.R. (2006). Desert meteorites:clues to fall rates, mass distribution andpast climates. Collectors, Collecting andCollections. 29th Annual Joint Meeting ofthe Mineralogical Societies of Australia,University of Western Sydney,Parramatta.

Bloom, W. and Prall, R. (2006). The Correioda Azia and its coins. Inaugural NationalNumismatic Conference of theNumismatic Association of Australia Inc.Sydney, 25-27 November 2005.

Broeze-Hoernemann, U. (2006). Paperconservation. Weekend workshop, EdithCowan University Certificate of MuseumStudies course, Fremantle, WesternAustralia.

Carpenter, J. (2005). Conservation ofmetals. Mandurah Historical Society.

Carpenter, J. (2006). Treatment of S.S.Xantho iron. Iron, Steel and SteamConference (26-27 June, 2006),Fremantle, Western Australia.

Carpenter, J. (2006). UNESCO field schooltraining program. Sri Lanka.

Cho, J.L., Kim, Y.Y. and Humphreys, W.F.(2005). Bathynellacean biodiversity ofgroundwater in Western Australia. 6thInternational Crustacea Conference (18-22 July 2005), Glasgow, UK.


Cooper, S., Leys, R., Bradbury, J., Guzic,M., Saint, K., Watts, C.H.S., Allford, A.,Austin, A. and Humphreys, W.F. (2005).Comparative phylogeography ofstygofauna from calcrete aquifers ofcentral Western Australia: speciationpatterns in subterranean islands. 7thInvertebrate Biodiversity andConservation Conference (4-9December), Australian NationalUniversity, Canberra.

Finston, T. L., Johnson, M.S., Humphreys,W.F., Eberhard, S. and Halse, S. A.(2005). Haplotype diversity in Pilbarusmillsi, a widespread groundwater speciesof amphipod from the Pilbara, WesternAustralia. J. Gibert (ed.), Proceedings ofthe World Subterranean BiodiversityConference, Lyon, 2004.

Framenau, V.W. (2005). Legions with eightlegs: taxonomy and sytematics of theAustralian wolf spiders (Araneae,Lycosidae). 7th Invertebrate Biodiversityand Conservation Conference (4-9December), Australian NationalUniversity, Canberra.

Fromont, J. (2006). Biodiversity of marinefauna on the Central West Coast. 6thSRFME Symposium presentation,CSIRO, 22 March 2006.

Fromont, J. (2006). Introduction. In Reporton the processing and identification ofdeep water marine specimens from PlutoField: 3-5. Report prepared byDepartment of Aquatic Zoology, WAMuseum, for Sinclair Knight Mertz.

Fromont, J. (2006). Marine Sponges of theDampier Archipelago: their distributionand abundance. South AustralianResearch and Development Institute(SARDI), 30 March 2006.

Fromont, J. (2006). Report on the Porifera(sponges) collected on the SouthernSurveyor ‘Voyage of Discovery’ (SS1005).First Milestone Report to CSIRO.

Fromont, J. (2006). Report on theprocessing and identification of shallowwater marine sponges from the DampierArchipelago. Summary Report to SinclairKnight Mertz.

Fromont, J. (2006). Sponges. In Report onthe processing and identification of deepwater marine specimens from PlutoField: 5-6. Report prepared byDepartment of Aquatic Zoology, WAMuseum, for Sinclair Knight Mertz.

Fromont, J., Hass, C., Moore, G., Salotti,M., Titelius, M. and Whisson, C. (2006).Biodiversity of marine fauna on theCentral West Coast. Third MilestoneReport to the Strategic Research Fundfor the Marine Environment (SRFME).

Fromont, J., Marsh, L., Moore, G. Salotti,M., Titelius, M. and Whisson, C. (2005).Biodiversity of marine fauna on theCentral West Coast. Second MilestoneReport to the Strategic Research Fundfor the Marine Environment (SRFME).

Gainsford, M.P. and Prall, R. (2005). Reporton the inspection of the de Freycinetland camp, Shark Bay, 2005. MaritimeHeritage Site Inspection Report. Report,Department of Maritime Archaeology,Western Australian Museum, No. 196.

Garcia, R. (2006). Dis-assembly and re-assembly of the S.S. Xantho engine. Iron,Steel and Steamships Conference, (26-27 June 2006), Fremantle, WesternAustralia.

Godfrey, I. (2005). Nuclear magneticresonance and infrared spectroscopicanalyses of acid affected wood fromhistoric shipwrecks. Save the VasaProject Seminar (10-11 October 2005),Stockholm, Sweden.

Godfrey, I (2006). Preventive Conservation.Weekend Workshop, Edith CowanUniversity Certificate of Museum Studiescourse, Fremantle, Western Australia.

Godfrey, I. (2006). Excavation andconservation of historic shipwrecks.Gothenburg Seminar Series (17 May2006), Fremantle, Western Australia.

Godfrey, I. (2006). Excavation andconservation of historic shipwrecks.International Museum Day Seminar (18May 2006,) Perth, Western Australia.

Godfrey, I. (2006). The treatment of S.S.Xantho organics. Iron, Steel and SteamConference (26-27 June 2006),Fremantle, Western Australia.

Green, J. and Souter, C. (2005). Sri Lanka2005 - the search for HMAS Vampire(1942) and the VOC ship Dolfijn (1663).Report, Department of MaritimeArchaeology, Western AustralianMuseum, No. 205.

Green, J.N. (2006). Survey of the PortCoogee Development Area. Report,Department of Maritime Archaeology,Western Australian Museum, No. 213.

Guzik, M., Cooper, S., Humphreys, W.,Watts, C. and A. Austin (2005).Identifying mechanisms of speciation insubterranean cave organisms. 7thInvertebrate Biodiversity andConservation Conference and Society ofAustralian Systematic BiologistsConference (4-9 December), AustralianNational University Canberra.

Guzik, M.T., Cooper, S.J.B., Humphreys,W.F., Watts, C.H.S. and Austin, A.D.(2005). Identifying mechanisms ofspeciation in subterranean caveorganisms. Molecular Biology andEvolution and Genetics Society ofAustralasia Annual Conference,Auckland, New Zealand.

Harvey, M.S. (2005). Targeting short-rangeendemics to maximise phylogeographiccontent. 7th Invertebrate Biodiversity andConservation Conference (4-9December), Australian NationalUniversity Canberra.

Harvey, M.S. Main, B.Y., Cooper, S., Saint,K., Berry, O., Humphreys G. andEdward, K. (2005). Arachnids in theconservation arena - two case studiesusing comparative phylogeographicmethods. 7th Invertebrate Biodiversityand Conservation Conference (4-9December), Australian NationalUniversity Canberra.

Hook, R., Paterson, A.G. and Souter, C.(eds) (2005). The archaeology of tradeand exchange: program and abstracts ofthe 2005 Australian ArchaeologicalAssociation and Australasian Institute forMaritime Archaeology Conference.School of Social and Cultural Studies,University of Western Australia andWestern Australian Maritime Museum.

How, R.A. (2005). Determination of theidentity of evolving reptile populations onthe Wallabi Islands. Report No:NTVBE/2005/WAMFG to the WesternAustralian Museum Foundation.

How, R.A. (2005). Herpetofaunaassessment of Long Island, WallabiGroup - 8 November 2005. ReportNTVBE/MBS/2005 for MBSEnvironmental.

How, R.A. and Hamilton, Z. (2005).Northern Quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus,populations of the Robe River Valley.Report for Biota Environmental Sciencesto Robe River Iron.

Humphreys, W.F. (2005). Groundwaterestuaries: broadening coastalmanagement. 7th InvertebrateBiodiversity and ConservationConference (4-9 December), AustralianNational University Canberra.

Humphreys, W.F., Watts, C.H.S., Cooper,S.J.B., R. Leijs and Bradbury, J.L.(2005). Groundwater estuaries of saltlakes: buried pools of endemicbiodiversity on the western plateau,Australia. 9th Conference of theInternational Society for Salt LakeResearch (26-30 September 2005),Curtin University.

Humphreys, W.F., Watts, C.H.S., andBradbury, J.H. (2005). Emergingknowledge of diversity, distribution andorigins of some Australian stygofauna. InGibert, J. (ed.), Proceedings of the WorldSubterranean Biodiversity Conference,Lyon, 2004.

Hutchins, J.B. (2005). Fish mimicry.Museum at Work series, WA Museum,25th November, 2005.

Attachments


Jones, D.S. (2005). Introduced marinespecies in the waters of Barrow Island,with emphasis on barnacle species.Report to ChevronTexaco Australia Pty Ltd.

Jones, D.S. (2006). Cirripedia (Barnacles).In Identification of Crustaceans fromScott Reef, North Western Australiacollected by the WAMuseum/URS/Woodside Expedition,February, 2006. Report prepared byDepartment of Aquatic Zoology, WAMuseum, April 2006, for URS.

Jones, D.S. (2006). Curators and museumsin the 21st Century. Lecture, EdithCowan University Certificate of MuseumStudies Course.

Jones, D.S. (2006). The WAMuseum/Woodside Ltd Partnership toexplore the marine biodiversity of theDampier Archipelago. Invited speaker,German Biodiversity Workshop,Australian Academy of Science,Canberra (March, 2006), organised bythe Ambassador of the Federal Republicof Germany to Australia.

Jones, D.S. (2006). The Baudin Expeditionin Western Australia. Paper presented atthe The History of Marine Science - pastand present Seminar (23 May 2006) WAMuseum (Fremantle).

Jones, D.S. and Titelius, M.A. (2006).Identification of Crustaceans from ScottReef, North Western Australia, collectedby the WA Museum/URS/WoodsideExpedition, February, 2006. Reportprepared by Department of AquaticZoology, WA Museum, April 2006, forURS.

Langlands, P.R. and Framenau, V.W.(2005). Where did my colour go? Thesystematics and biology of the ‘bicolorgroup’ of Australian wolf spiders(Aranaeae, Lycosidae). 7th InvertebrateBiodiversity and ConservationConference (4-9 December), AustralianNational University Canberra.

Leijs, R., Cooper, S.J.B., Watts, C.H.S. andHumphreys, W.F. (2005). Speciationmodes of diving beetles in the arid zoneof Australia. 7th Invertebrate Biodiversityand Conservation Conference (4-9December), Australian NationalUniversity Canberra.

May, S.R. (2005). Australia’s AntarcticFisheries. International Congress ofHistorical Sciences Conference, Sydney.

McCarthy, M. (comp.) (2005). Nominationto the Commonwealth Heritage List ofthe Cocos Catalina, JX 435. Report,Department of Maritime Archaeology,Western Australian Museum, No. 208.

McCarthy, M. (2005). Finding an ancientland: an illustrated research essay for theNational Museum of Australia, Canberra.Report, Department of MaritimeArchaeology, Western AustralianMuseum, No. 207.

McCarthy, M. (2005). Gerhard cannon site.Direction Island, South Cocos (Keeling)Islands. Report, Department of MaritimeArchaeology, Western AustralianMuseum, No. 197.

McCarthy, M. (2005). The Oceania HouseAnchor. Home Island, south Cocos(Keeling) Islands. [With assistance from:A Granger, G. Henderson, W. Murray andR. Thorn.] Report, Department ofMaritime Archaeology, WesternAustralian Museum, No. 198.

McCarthy, M. (2005). Wreck InspectionReport. Direction Island Unidentified.Report, Department of MaritimeArchaeology, Western AustralianMuseum, No. 195.

McCarthy, M. (2005). Wreck InspectionReport. Phaeton (1889). [Withassistance A. Granger, G. Henderson, W.Murray and R. Thorn]. Report,Department of Maritime Archaeology,Western Australian Museum, No. 194.

McCarthy, M. (2005). Wreck InspectionReport. The Port Refuge UnidentifiedWreck. Report, Department of MaritimeArchaeology, Western AustralianMuseum, No. 193.

McNamara, K.J. (2005). 365 million yearsof plant evolution in Western Australia.Proceedings of the Seminar Program,23rd Conference of the Association ofSocieties for Growing Australian NativePlants.

Moore, G. (2006). Fishes: 6-9. In Report onthe processing and identification of deepwater marine specimens from PlutoField. Report prepared by Department ofAquatic Zoology, WA Museum, forSinclair Knight Mertz.

Moore, G.I. (2005). Tales from the RiverBank - fishes. Maritime Museum,Fremantle, 1st December, 2005.

Morrison, S. (2005). Colour Underwater.Colour Society Conference ‘ColourThrough the Looking Glass’, EsplanadeHotel, Fremantle. 24th September 2005.

Murphy, N. P., Framenau, V.W., Donellan,S., Harvey, M.S. and Austin, A.D.(2005). Molecular phylogeneticreconstruction of the wolf spiders(Araneae: Lycosidae): implications forclassification, biogeography and theevolution of web building behaviour. 7thInvertebrate Biodiversity andConservation Conference (4-9December), Australian NationalUniversity Canberra.

Richards, V. (2005). The in situ monitoringand stabilisation of the James Matthewsshipwreck site. Heritage, Microbiologyand Science: Microbes, Monuments andMaritime Materials Conference (29 June-2 July 2005), Portsmouth, UnitedKingdom.

Richards, V. (2005). The in situ preservationof archaeological material and sitesunderwater. Plenary lecture, SwedishSociety for Marine Sciences Conference(5-7 October 2005), Helsingborg,Sweden.

Richards, V (2005). Gaseous ammoniatreatment of the Batavia timbers. Savethe Vasa Project Seminar (10-11 October2005), Stockholm, Sweden.

Richards, V. (2005). The in situ monitoringand stabilisation of the James Matthewsshipwreck site. The Joint AustralasianArchaeological Association (AAA) andAustralasian Institute for MaritimeArchaeology (AIMA) Conference (27-30November 2005), Fremantle, WesternAustralia.

Richards, V. (2006). Investigations into theeffects of reburial on metals. Reburialand Analysis of Archaeological RemainsSeminar (17-18 May 2006), Gothenburg,Sweden.

Richards, V. (2006). The conservation ofcopper alloys recovered from the S.S.Xantho. Iron, Steel and SteamConference (26-27 June 2006),Fremantle, Western Australia.

Rodrigues, J. and Anderson, R. (2006).Pakington Whaling Station. Report,Department of Maritime Archaeology,Western Australian Museum, No. 214.

Rodrigues, J. (ed.) 2006. George Grey’swhalers. Report, Department of MaritimeArchaeology, Western AustralianMuseum, No. 210.

Rodrigues, J. (2005). Report on Kalbarri siteInspection, 16 October 2005, Part 1. InRodrigues, J. (ed.), George Grey’swhalers. Report, Department of MaritimeArchaeology, Western AustralianMuseum, No. 210.

Rodrigues, J., Anderson R., Prall, R., andSouter, C. (2006). Report on the SiteSurvey and Excavation 23-27 January2006, Part 2. In Rodrigues, J. (ed.),George Grey’s whalers. Report,Department of Maritime Archaeology,Western Australian Museum, No. 210.

Slack-Smith, S. (2006). Molluscs: 17-25. InReport on the processing andidentification of deep water marinespecimens from Pluto Field. Reportprepared by Department of AquaticZoology, WA Museum, January 2006, forSinclair Knight Mertz.

Slack-Smith, S.M. (2005). The invertebratefauna of the Mt Gibson region, WesternAustralia: the land snails. Report to ATAEnvironmental.

Slack-Smith, S.M. (2005). Survey of thenon-marine molluscs of the BurrupPeninsula, Pluto LNG Development(Woodside Site A and Dampier PortAuthority Site). Report to SKM.


Slack-Smith, S.M. (2006). Survey of theland snails of Koolan Island, WesternAustralia. Report to ATA Environmental.

Slack-Smith, S.M. (2006). Terrestrial snailsof the Rockingham area. Report to ATAEnvironmental.

Slack-Smith, S.M. (2006). Survey of thePopulation of the Threatened Non-marine Gastropod, Austroassiminealetha, at the Cape Leeuwin Swamp, WA.Report to Mattiske Consulting Pty Ltd.

Slack-Smith, S.M. (2006). Survey of the Non-marine Molluscan Fauna of the VasseDiversion Drain, Busselton, WesternAustralia. Report to McLean Consultants.

Souter, C., Anderson, R. and Gainsford, M.(2005). Long Island archaeologicalsurvey. Report, Department of MaritimeArchaeology, Western AustralianMuseum, No. 209.

Titelius, M.A. (2006). Crustaceans(excluding barnacles): 3-4. InIdentification of Crustaceans from ScottReef, North Western Australia, collectedby the WA Museum/URS/WoodsideExpedition, February, 2006. Reportprepared by Department of AquaticZoology, WA Museum for URS.

Titelius, M.A. and Jones, D.S. (2006).Crustacea: 9-18. In Report on theprocessing and identification of deepwater marine specimens from PlutoField. Report prepared by Department ofAquatic Zoology, WA Museum, January2006, for Sinclair Knight Mertz.

Wells, F.W. and Jones, D.S. (2005). BarrowIsland survey for introduced marinespecies. Report to ChevronTexacoAustralia Pty Ltd.

Whisson, C.S. (2006). Pattaclaya brycei -range extension. [Message in] Sea SlugForum. Australian Museum, Sydney, 20April 2006. Available fromhttp://www.seaslugforum.net/find.cfm?id=16395

Yoo, J.-S. and Framenau, V.W. (2005).Systematics of the web-building wolfspider genus Venonia (Araneae,Lycosidae). 7th Invertebrate Biodiversityand Conservation Conference (4-9December), Australian NationalUniversity Canberra.

Popular PublicationsBurbidge, A., McKenzie, N., van Leeuwen,

S., Gibson, L., Doughty, P., Guthrie, N.,Durrant, B. and Pearson, D. (2006).Between rock and a hard place.Landscope 21 (Autumn):12-19.

Fromont, J. (2005). News from around thetraps: WA Museum. AMSA Newsletter,December 2005: 7-8.

Gainsford, M. (ed.) (2005). MAAWAMessenger (Newsletter of the MaritimeArchaeological Association of WesternAustralia) 3(7)-3(9) July 2005 -September 2005.

Humphreys, W.F. (2005). Did you know?Groundwater inhabited by stygofauna.River Conservation Society NewsletterNo. 21: 5-6.

Hutchins, J.B. (2006). The trouble with fishnames. Western Fisheries, April 2006:48-51.

Johnstone, R.E. (2006). Going, going, gone!Veteran and stag trees: a valuableresource. Western Wildlife 10(1): 6.

Johnstone, R.E. and Kirkby, T. (2005 ).Cockatoo Care - a public programme.Western Wildlife 9(4): 11.

Johnstone, R.E. and Kirkby, T. (2006).Cockatoos in crisis. Landscope 21 (2):58-61.

Jones, D.S. (2006). The DampierArchipelago - down under. Trunkline,February 2006: 1.

Kangas, M. and Morrison, S. (2005).Trawling for science and sustainablefisheries. Western Fisheries, December2005: 34-37.

Morrison, S.M. (2006). Microcosm in theocean meadows. Landscope Summer2005-6, v.21, no.2: 44-49.

Morrison, S., Storrie, A. and Morrison, P.(2006). The Turquoise Coast.Department of Conservation and LandManagement, Perth, Western Australia.

Souter, C. (2005). Protecting Australia’smaritime heritage. H20PS Magazine, Vol.2 (8) October: 28-31.

Stanbury, M. (2005). Lancier pocket watchreveals unusual Masonic engraving.Tracks (Western Australian MuseumMagazine), Summer 2005: 8.

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